Category: MesoAmerica
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The Arrival of Strangers’: Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History
David Stuart 1990 Stuart, David. “’The Arrival of Strangers’: Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History.” Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs, 1990. 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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In the Thirty and Forth Year: A Geologist’s View of the Great Destruction in 3 Nephi
Bart J. Kowallis 1998 BYU Studies 37:3 Read more
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“The Great and Terrible Judgments of the Lord”: Destruction and Disaster in 3 Nephi and the Geology of Mesoamerica
Review of Jerry Grover’s Geology of the Book of Mormon: Over recent decades, several Latter-day Saint scholars and scientists have offered analysis and comparison to geologic events and the destruction recorded in 3 Nephi 8-9. Jerry Grover makes an important contribution to this literature as he provides background on geologic processes and phenomena, details the 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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Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages
Review of Brian D. Stubbs, Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan John S. Robertson 2017 John S. Robertson, Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages,Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): Read more
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Was There Hebrew Language in Ancient America? An Interview with Brian Stubbs
Brian Stubbs 2000 Stubbs, Brian (2000) “Was There Hebrew Language in Ancient America? An Interview with Brian Stubbs,”Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 9 : No. 2 , Article 9. Read more
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Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan
This book is full of technical details designed for a trained linguist. Brian Stubbs has toiled for decades as one of the foremost Uto-Aztecan linguists. His highly-acclaimed 2011 Uto-Aztecan: A Comparative Vocabulary is followed by this work. For many years he has been patiently gathering massive data that shows profound Semitic and Egyptian influences in 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