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forty feet. Unfortunately, all the stones and boulders werecompletely covered over with brush and vines and it wasnot possible to determine the layout of the boulders, petroglyphs,or stone columns strewn about the hill. There wascertainly no sign of the pyramid we had envisioned.As Manuel and his friend began clearing the brush withtheir machetes, John, Bill, and I started searching amongthe boulders. One of the first things we noticed was a largeboulder with simple slash marks in a fan pattern. They wereclearly man- made. Along the southeast corner of the hillManuel pointed out two large circular shaped columns onthe ground and indicated they formed the entrance to a temple.I looked down at these columns from the crest of thehill and noted that the layout and the characteristic of theground around them indicated that they had been part ofan entranceway. I went down for a closer look and immediatelynoticed that one column had horizontal lines etchedinto the stone.Looking up, I saw another shorter column that appearedas if it once formed the top piece of a rectangular entranceway.We began to pull back the vines and undergrowth andfound many boulders with petroglyph markings. However,they all appeared to either be horizontal or vertical etchinginto the stone. One stone appeared to have vertical lines in afan shape that seemed to represent the sun’s rays. Then I noticedthat the entranceway faced the direction of the sunrise.<strong>This</strong> was significant, as most Mesoamerican cultures practicedsome form of sun worship. Although these columnsand markings were a strong indication that the ancients hadused this site, I was still looking for a significant petroglyphthat would further verify our observations.Horizontal column over temple entrance.149
I felt a great sense of joy and excitement when I heardJohn yell out that he had found a Spiral petroglyph! Examiningthis petroglyph, I noticed that it was carved into a largestone column that had been toppled over.Vertical column to temple entrance.Vertical column with spiral petroglyph.150
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CHAPTERSPreface ...................
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4Guayabitos, State of Nayarit, Mexi
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At the south end of Guayabitos, as
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who seemed perturbed that I had tak
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any building that housed a museum.
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showed me a boulder with a petrogly
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Chapter 3Pirate TreasuresDriving ba
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waters looking for Spanish galleons
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Chapter 4Alta VistaSeveral days lat
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on the stone. The markings appeared
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Chapter 5The Herb Manin Guadalajara
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these objects, and the experience,
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The drive to Zacatecas led us throu
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As I climbed upward toward the stai
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Chapter 7Idols and Godsof Compostel
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They usually consist of ancient ind
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without any trace or recorded histo
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Later that night I pulled out my sm
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tribes. Consequently, various figur
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the Roman Empire, said, “History
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FINDING LOST CIVILIZATIONSPart 2—
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Chapter 11Returning to Mexico:The H
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The owner of the hotel is Doctor Ro
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Later that day when we returned fro
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Hotel Robles’ sunset view from Ro
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that has been repeated since the da
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Chapter 13The Trees and Relics ofSa
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and squatted down to brush away loo
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Chapter 14Sacred Hot Springsand Dee
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diately found ancient pottery fragm
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and I and carried on a full convers
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Yolanda’s statues from a shaft to
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far surpassed the town’s own coll
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One month after I had seen the trea
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Ancient pottery, San Pedro Lagunill
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Fake relics, Compostela, Mexico.79
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along the Pacific coast of Nayarit.
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surface. I was looking at hundreds
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Shaft Tomb contents, El Monteon, Na
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Damaged figure from Shaft Tomb exca
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Sacred Places,The Kingdom ofThe Tec
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Cross petroglyph, Alta Vista, Nayar
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Sanctuary pool, Alta Vista, Nayarit
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Cross petroglyph, Alta Vista, Nayar
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from having found the remnants of a
Page 102 and 103: Signs explaining Tecoxquine human s
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Page 108 and 109: tombs, pottery, and Old World imple
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Page 112 and 113: ences. I am optimistic that goodnes
Page 114 and 115: and tasty mix of vegetables, cactus
Page 116 and 117: Tomé Hill, southern slope.113
Page 118 and 119: Crest of La Tomé Hill.115
Page 120 and 121: Handprint petroglyph, Tomé Hill.11
Page 122 and 123: Throughout this journey I have felt
Page 124 and 125: Hohokam Indian Spiral, Phoenix, Ari
Page 126 and 127: Visual patterns that seem to be uni
Page 128 and 129: I am nothing more than an accidenta
Page 130 and 131: Epilogue:Returning to ZacualpanThe
Page 132 and 133: As I followed the circumference of
Page 134 and 135: I walked amongst the ancient fields
Page 136 and 137: destroyed, the memorial to his wife
Page 138 and 139: Construction around petroglyph boul
Page 140 and 141: In March 2008 we celebrated my fath
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Page 144 and 145: Chapter 23The Forgotten Souls ofIxt
Page 146 and 147: The Coyote.Interconnecting Spirals.
Page 148 and 149: As we walked back to Manuel’s hou
Page 150 and 151: During breakfast and some conversat
Page 154 and 155: Then I found another toppled column
Page 156 and 157: Northeast view from the crest of Sa
Page 158 and 159: The work crew: Leucrecia, Old Gring
Page 160 and 161: Alta Vista, Nayarit, Mexico.157
Page 162 and 163: Armadillo petroglyph, Alta Vista, N
Page 164 and 165: Spiral representing falling star or
Page 166 and 167: Spirals and circular grooves, possi
Page 168 and 169: Spiral and sun boulder in ceremonia
Page 170 and 171: Communal bowls carved from volcanic
Page 172 and 173: Los dos Alejandros, Alta Vista, Nay
Page 174 and 175: What became of them? And what will
Page 176 and 177: My Journey Continues
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