
Some proponents of the so-called “Heartland” model of Book of Mormon geography have attempted to recruit the late Hugh Nibley as a supporter of their views and an opponent of the Mesoamerican “limited geographical model” most prominently associated with John Sorenson.
As Matt Roper shows, that simply won’t fly:
http://etherscave.blogspot.com/2015/07/hugh-nibley-on-john-sorensons-book.html