Archaeoastronomical studies have demonstrated that the important civic and ceremonial buildings in Mesoamerica were largely oriented to sunrises or sunsets on specific dates, but the origin and spread of orientation practices were not clear. Using aerial laser scanning (lidar) data, we analyzed orientations of a large number of ceremonial complexes in the area along the southern Gulf Coast, including many recently identified Formative sites dating to 1100 BCE to 250 CE. The distribution pattern of dates marked by solar alignments indicates their subsistence-related ritual significance. The orientations of complexes built between 1100 and 750 BCE, in particular, represent the earliest evidence of the use of the 260-day calendar, centuries earlier than its previously known use in textual records.
I think it’s pretty safe to say that in the near future we will have LiDAR data for all of the claimed locations for the events of the Book of Mormon. If we don’t already.
Mormon Apologists can’t keep hiding the events of the Book of Mormon in the unknown any longer. Once you’ve turned over every rock, there’s none left to stand on.
8 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.
8 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.
The Meldrumites have been very big into Lidar scams of supposed buried Nephite cities in various random Midwestern locations. Astonishingly, they have yet to find one.
The Meldrumites have been very big into Lidar scams of supposed buried Nephite cities in various random Midwestern locations. Astonishingly, they have yet to find one.
At least they’re trying. The Mesoamerican apologists don’t have enough faith to even look.
