Īlma 2:12 Arrows: Examples of projectile points with bases of various thickness. Īlma 2:12 Swords: Left drawing is of a late Aztec macuahuitl.
Note the obsidian blade on the top of the macuahuitl, which gives it a point and makes it useful for thrusting (see Alma 44:13), where a Nephite places the scalp of Zerahemnah on the point of his sword. His right hand holds a macuahuitl his left, a possible scimitar. 200) from sculpture in Cave of Loltun, Yucatan, Mexico. The Amlicite war begins – an all day battle (5th year)Īlma 2:12 Swords: Pre-Classic warrior (before A.D. Īlma 1:3 had gone about among the people, preaching to them that which he termed to be the word of God. Īlma 1:3 had gone about among the people, preaching to them that which he termed to be the word of God: Three Diverse Nephite Opponents. Īlma 1:15 And they carried him upon the top of the Hill Manti: The Tacana volcanic peak, 4,064 meters (13,208 ft.) above sea level, as seen from a point just west of Tapachula on the Interamerican Highway. (There may well have been other cultural losses too.) (b) A woman weaves on a typical pre-Columbian-style back-strap loom, with Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in the background. Īlma 1:29 All manner of good homely cloth: (a) A weaver from thirteen hundred years ago, shown in a Jaina clay sculpture, uses a type of freestanding loom that was no longer used by the time of the Spanish Conquest. Alma 1:29 All manner of good homely cloth: Only rarely do we get glimpses of actual cloth preserved from the past, like this undated fragment now in the regional museum in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.