Nathair/|\ Posted May 21, 2013 Posted May 21, 2013 Please refresh my memory. What "flooding of their lands" did I refer to? ThanksI may have misunderstood, I thought you said some of the proposed sites were under the reservoir from the Angostura dam.
Nathair/|\ Posted May 21, 2013 Posted May 21, 2013 Please refresh my memory. What "flooding of their lands" did I refer to? ThanksThis is what I was talking about.I plan on doing a high quality map that will indicate the extent of ancient civilizations in the Chiapas central depression (across the various periods, perhaps employing user stimulated digital layers)—clearly indicating which sites are no longer accessible for further study, because of the Angostura dam.[ edit: corrected spelling (thanks CASteinman) ]I believe that you're referring to Santa Rosa, on the south side of the Rio Grijalva (running through the central depression of the state of Chiapas, Mexico)—Google-Earth it at 16° 6'48.08"N, 92°33'32.53"W. That is one of the sites located by my father in that initial NWAF project in 1953, and the one that he identifies as "very likely" being the Nephite city of Zarahemla (first settled by the people of Mulek, one of the sons Jerusalem's king Zedekiah). As noted, the ruins are now under water—the reservoir created by the Angostura dam—Google Earth it at 16°24′06″N, 92°46′43″W.[ link ]From what I have read, I am of the opinion that a plausible candidate for Zarahemla has already been found. Some work was done there and it looked promising from several aspects, including correct time frame, correct position and location in relation to the river valley and river, correct direction of river flow from south to north past the ruins, evidence of two differing cultures living there at the same time (the Book of Mormon states that a people already were living in Zarahemla when the Nephites arrived, namely, the people of Zarahemla), and, if I recall correctly, a burn layer and volcanic ash dating to c. 32-34 CE. Unfortunately, any attempt at doing further archaeology there would be prohibitively expensive as the entire river valley where the candidate was found now is under hundreds of feet of water in what is now a major reservoir. Good luck getting the Mexican government to drain it to allow further archaeological research there.I see that it was MormonMason who first brought it up. Sorry.
cursor Posted May 21, 2013 Author Posted May 21, 2013 Thanks for the reminder.Since the Nephites were pretty much wiped out by 390 AD, it seems to me that they there wouldn't any longer be Nephite lands to protect from unrighteous people. Certainly the Lamanites overran their lands and chased them to the hill Cumorah, before annihilating them. Can you offer a specific scripture reference to the promise, Nathair?
cursor Posted May 21, 2013 Author Posted May 21, 2013 John L. Sorenson wrote via email this morning:Herewith (attached) you will find a complete textual version of the Atlas. I have at hand here all the Figures (some photos, some slides, some references to Images) referred to. In some cases I offer options that you may select from according to your judgment of best visual value. When we are at a slightly more advanced stage with the book, I will FedEx them to you.Obviously the next step is for you to "press forward" with the maps. I will offer more detailed guidance on some of them. I am not particularly pressing you urgently to work away at this project, but I wanted to get my part "done", as in "finished," rather than to draaaaaag it on. Feels good!It's about 21,000 words in length. I guess I'd better get busy on the illustrations! 1
ERayR Posted May 21, 2013 Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) John L. Sorenson wrote via email this morning:Herewith (attached) you will find a complete textual version of the Atlas. I have at hand here all the Figures (some photos, some slides, some references to Images) referred to. In some cases I offer options that you may select from according to your judgment of best visual value. When we are at a slightly more advanced stage with the book, I will FedEx them to you.Obviously the next step is for you to "press forward" with the maps. I will offer more detailed guidance on some of them. I am not particularly pressing you urgently to work away at this project, but I wanted to get my part "done", as in "finished," rather than to draaaaaag it on. Feels good!It's about 21,000 words in length. I guess I'd better get busy on the illustrations! Slackard Edited May 21, 2013 by ERayR
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