Category: Archeological
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The Nahom Convergence Reexamined: The Eastward Trail, Burial of the Dead, and the Ancient Borders of Nihm
For decades, several Latter-day Saint scholars have maintained that there is a convergence between the location of Nahom in the Book of Mormon and the Nihm region of Yemen. To establish whether there really is such a convergence, I set out to reexamine where the narrative details of 1 Nephi 16:33–17:1 best fit within the Read more
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Some Working notes on the Text of Tikal Stela 31
David Stuart 2011 University of Texas Austin Read more
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Genome-wide Ancestry Patterns in Rapanui Suggest Pre-European Admixture with Native Americans
Rapa Nui (Easter Island), located in the easternmost corner of the Polynesian Triangle, is one of the most isolated locations on the planet inhabited by humans. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that the island was first colonized by Polynesians around AD 1200, during their eastward expansion. Although it remains contentious whether Polynesians reached South America, Read more
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A Mesoamerican System of Weights and Measures? Did the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica use a system of weights and scales in measuring goods and their values?
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1999 “A Mesoamerican System of Weights and Measures? Did the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica use a system of weights and scales in measuring goods and their values?,” (1999) Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 8 : No. 2 , Article 8. Read more
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The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque
A 200 page book discussing the art and writings found with Temple XIX at Palenque including translations. Interestingly passages S-7 and S-7 use variations of the common Book of Mormon phrase “it came to pass” David Stuart 2005 Stuart, David. The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque. San Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 2005. Read more
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CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF WARFARE IN THE MAYA WORLD
Archaeological studies worldwide have revealed a wide range of cultural contexts within which practices of violence and warfare have occurred. In Mesoamerica, ongoing studies have enriched our understanding of social contexts of violence and warfare in Maya societies. This expanding body of field data allows deeper exploration of the ways violence was intricately linked to Read more
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CLASSIC MAYA WARFARE AND WEAPONS: Spear, dart, and arrow points of Aguateca and Copan
this article discusses spear, dart, and arrow points used by the Classic Maya elites at the rapidly abandoned fortified city ofAguateca, Guatemala, and their temporal and spatial distribution patterns in and around Copan, Honduras. Both the royal familyand elite scribes/artists at Aguateca used spear and dart points for intergroup human conflict as well as for Read more
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Mesoamerican “Cimeters” in Book of Mormon Times
The Book of Mormon first mentions a weapon called a cimeter during the time of Enos (some time between about 544 and 421 bc). Speaking of his people’s Lamanite enemies, Enos says, “their skill was in the bow, and in the cimeter, and the ax” (Enos 1:20). Later, in the first and second centuries bc, Read more
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Revisiting the Seven Lineages of the Book of Mormon and the Seven Tribes of Mesoamerica
Diane E. Wirth 2013 BYU Studies 52:4 Read more