If one looks at sites in the Book of Mormon that DO comport with modern day sites, then one would expect to find archaeological artifacts that support the stories of events that supposedly took place there.
One glaring example is the “Hill Cumorah” in New York. According to the Book of Mormon, an incredible battle took place there between the Nephites and the Lamanites. One would expect to find some tell-tale evidence of such a bloody battle. A knife blade.. an arrowhead... a chariot wheel... a breastplate... a helmet... anything at all. But nothing has been found ... nothing.
In fact, since no artifacts have been found at the Hill Cumorah in New York, some LDS “archaeologists” have begun to theorize that no battle took place there at all. (Ya think?) An hypothesis has arisen that postulates Cerro Vigia near Veracruz, Mexico as the site of the battle between the Nephites and Lamanites.
I eagerly await archaeological evidence that will support this latest new attempt to harmonize events depicted in the Book of Mormon with North American geography. I suspect that the result will be like all the other previous attempts.. unsuccessful.
Yes, the limited geographists place the bom Hill Cumorah there. That doesn't explain why Moroni dug the plates up from that location and moved them to NY state and placed them into a new hole, then lied to smith about the resting place of the plates.
Maybe both sides were "green" warriors, and all of their fallen weapons were biodegradable!