Gordon Brotherston
Stanford UniversityCo-ordinates of the Epic Journey in Ancestral Pueblo and Mesoamerican Texts
A clear demonstration of cultural continuities between Mesoamerica and the greater northwest of Mexico can be found in the paradigm of the epic journey, at the end of which the traveler rises as it were astronomically in the eastern sky. Coincidences between the two regions, in detail and overall conception, are so precise and specific in this matter as to demand far more thorough investigation than has been undertaken hitherto. Moreover, interdisciplinary as it is, this project is well suited to promote such investigation.
