Difference between revisions of "Book of Mormon/Geography/Models/Limited/Poulsen 2004"

|Lawrence Poulsen, stimulated by the models proposed by Sorenson and Hauck, used his own study of the text, combined with advances in 3-D computer mapping technology and satellite maps to provide a fascinating refinement of the Mesoamerican model.{{ref|poulsen3}}  <br> Poulsen compares Sorenson's River of Sidon suggestion (the Grijalva River) with Hauck's (the Usamacinta River) and finds Grijalva much more plausible.{{ref|poulsen1}}  Poulsen extends this analysis to show how the explorers mentioned in {{s||Mosiah|8|7-10}} likely mistook Usamcinta for Sidon/Grijalva, thus becoming hopelessly lost.  The Book of Mormon text is even accurate in the direction which the Sidon flows at a critical point.{{ref|poulsen2}} <BR> Furthermore, Poulsen suggests the use of a "quadrant"-based directional system as used by some Mesoamerican groups,{{ref|poulsen4}} as opposed to arguing that the Nephites used cardinal directions off-set from magnetic north, as Sorenson does.{{ref|sorenson5}}  <br>  Clark's review of Hauck contained a similar suggestion that the Nephites conceptualized their world in a quadrant-based fashion (see above).