What do leading experts suggest happened to the great Mayan cities and civilizations?

by Tankshock

I'm not even sure if its really a mystery to historians, but at least the public perception is that the Mayans vanished from their cities inexplicably at some point in history. Is this perception true? If not, what really happened (or was is just standard colonialization destroying their civilization?) to the Mayan people?

Tankshock

I found this link to an overarching explanation of the indigenous peoples of central and south america http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/nqof8/eli5_general_overview_of_mayanincanaztec_history/ so this question is sort of unneccesary. Sorry boys