The fact that "the Lamanites were seen approaching towards the land of Ammonihah" (Alma 49:1) might suggest that the Lamanites took some open route through the wilderness strip which separated them from the land of Ammonihah. Assuming a Mesoamerican setting (and that Chiapas = the general land of Zarahemla), as one proceeds from the Pacific coastal plain northward through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, there is a road which branches off and passes over the mountains starting at Arriaga and ultimately connecting to the area of Cintalapa, a proposed location for the city of Ammonihah. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes] [See Geographical Theory Maps]