2010 BMAF Book of Mormon Lands Tour pg 2

 

Ric lectures on a mound
 

Local transportation


Vertical cornfield in the mist
 
Lunch at the new mall in Coban
 
Restaurant at the Park Hotel in Coban
 

Ric at his proposed narrow pass

 
Our Hotel at Salama



Our bus and driver

lecture room on the second floor


Vonda wanted to stay

Remains of an ancient defensive trench
 
BMAF Birdman
 
Looking down into the Salama Valley

Part of the artifact library
 
Invaluable artifacts
 
Topographical map showing where exploratory cuts have been made

Artifacts are kept in airtight bags like this obsidian point

Artifacts are cataloged in situ and by type
 

ceremonial mound
 
double trenches

Ric explains double trench
 

excavations reveal an ancient wall
 
deep cuts reveal centuries
 
 

One of the archs


Salama Valley
 

Ancient rock wall
 
Cactus Cotton
 
Inside walled area
 
Plundered burial site
 
Long Boat up the Rio Pasion

Trail at Sumec Champey
2010 BMAF Tour group
 

Crocodile on the Pasion


carved stone steps leading up to a mound with a "and it came to pass" glyph