Maya Practiced Forest Conservation

[rameumptom]

According to Science Daily, 3000 years ago the Mayan were using forest conservation.

Forest Conservation among Maya

ScienceDaily (July 23, 2009) â?? As published in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya people practice forest management, but when they abandoned their forest conservation practices it was to the detriment of the entire Maya culture.

â??From our research we have learned that the Maya were deliberately conserving forest resources,â? says David Lentz, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cincinnati and executive director of the Cincinnati Center for Field Studies. â??Their deliberate conservation practices can be observed in the wood they used for construction and this observation is reinforced by the pollen record.â?

This reminds me of three points made in the Book of Mormon. First among the Jaredites, where they set aside forest areas as hunting preserves. Second, when the Nephites moved into the land of Desolation and avoided using the sparse trees in the area so as to let them grow. Finally, the destruction of the Jaredites and Nephites were accompanied by "pollutions" according to Moroni, and the land of Desolation was left with few trees.

[Obiwan]

According to Science Daily, 3000 years ago the Mayan were using forest conservation.

Forest Conservation among Maya

This reminds me of three points made in the Book of Mormon. First among the Jaredites, where they set aside forest areas as hunting preserves. Second, when the Nephites moved into the land of Desolation and avoided using the sparse trees in the area so as to let them grow. Finally, the destruction of the Jaredites and Nephites were accompanied by "pollutions" according to Moroni, and the land of Desolation was left with few trees.

Well, not in and of itself evidence, but it can certainly be a "corollary" evidentiary connection, and with a lot of other such evidences a case can be built that the book is of Native America origin.

That's one reason why I baulk at those who say there is no evidence of the Book of Mormon in the ancient Americas. Ya, by themselves a lot of the evidences don't amount to much, but when you got TONS of them, with clear or reasonable corollary's to the book, and then put them all together, then ya have to start saying hmmmm..... Cause SO MUCH couldn't be connected unless there was some legit connection. Problem with the anti's is they discount too soon without seeing all the evidence, and so they incorrectly think there is no evidence.