The Book of Mormon describes advanced civilizations, and the ones in Mesoamerica correspond in dating to those described in the Book of Mormon. Nowhere else on the American continents does an archaeological pattern show such similarities.
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Um...NOT EVEN CLOSE. And as a past president of the largest AIA chapter in the country (Archeology Institute of America), I can honestly tell you that your statement would get you laughed out of a MesoAmerican conference.
During a meeting once, with a MesoAmerican archaeologist, a woman brought up Book of Mormon archeology (which is officially considered pseudo-archeology just like Atlantis and Von Daniken) and the archeologist stated he was not familiar with it but there were no Mormon archeologists that were considered peers in the field.
Darn...