Category: MesoAmerica
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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
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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
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Wild Silk: An Introduction
The paper provides an overview of the historical and contemporary significance of wild silk across various regions, emphasizing its use in ancient civilizations, trade networks, and modern production. Wild silk, derived from local silkmoths, has played a crucial role in textiles from the Eastern Mediterranean to India and Africa. While the Americas are not mentioned,… Read more
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Rehabilitating Becan
David Webster 2021 Webster D, Ball JW. REHABILITATING BECÁN. Ancient Mesoamerica. 2021;32(3):371-395. doi:10.1017/S0956536121000262 Read more
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Defensive Barricades of the Maya
Christopher Hernandez 2016 Hernandez, Christopher. (2016). Defensive Barricades of the Maya. 10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_10086. Read more