THE LATIN HEART
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:40 pm
The story about the Latin heart that is included in my article at:
http://www.desertusa.com/ldm-1/peralta.html
Has come into question about the accuracy of my memory concerning some of the details in it, when I wrote it.
I had a meeting with an individual last Tuesday afternoon that knew Bill Hidden, and worked closely with him during the last year of his life. In my article about the stone maps I identified Bill Hidden as the man I thought Al Reser told me had found the Latin Heart. I was in error!
When Al and I had that conversation, it was about two hours long. Al did not like people taking notes when he was talking and it was difficult to get him to talk in front of a recorder. I had to drive all the way from Apache Junction back to Tempe, where I was living at that time, before I could make a written record of the things Al had told me.
My memory has been jogged, and I am sure now that Bill Hidden was not who Al said was the finder of the Latin Heart. Bill Hidden's name was mentioned by Al as someone who had seen the Latin Heart, handled it, and made the paper tracings of it that we have today. He was also present when he man who found it broke it up with a sledge hammer. I have the whole story on tape. I will convert it into an audio file and post it for download, for anyone that is interested, just as soon as the man telling the story on the tape, reviews it and gives his permission.
I also learned yesterday that Bill Hidden spent many hours with the original stone maps. One of the things that bothered him about them, was that the heart insert did not fill the heart cavity in the large stone. Everything else about the stones appeared to be so carefully planned and executed when the maps were made. He couldn't fathom why the map maker would make such a deep cavity for such a thin heart stone.
When he first saw the Latin Heart, he had what he thought was the answer! The Latin Heart was thinner than the original heart... Together, they would both fill the entire deep cavity!
I know... That doesn't tell us where to dig. But it does present some new possibilities to be considered. The part of the Latin Heart story about it being crushed, was always a difficult for me to accept. No more!
For anyone interested. The individual that told me this story can be contacted by e-mail at: dnjharnish@gmail.com
Jim
http://www.desertusa.com/ldm-1/peralta.html
Has come into question about the accuracy of my memory concerning some of the details in it, when I wrote it.
I had a meeting with an individual last Tuesday afternoon that knew Bill Hidden, and worked closely with him during the last year of his life. In my article about the stone maps I identified Bill Hidden as the man I thought Al Reser told me had found the Latin Heart. I was in error!
When Al and I had that conversation, it was about two hours long. Al did not like people taking notes when he was talking and it was difficult to get him to talk in front of a recorder. I had to drive all the way from Apache Junction back to Tempe, where I was living at that time, before I could make a written record of the things Al had told me.
My memory has been jogged, and I am sure now that Bill Hidden was not who Al said was the finder of the Latin Heart. Bill Hidden's name was mentioned by Al as someone who had seen the Latin Heart, handled it, and made the paper tracings of it that we have today. He was also present when he man who found it broke it up with a sledge hammer. I have the whole story on tape. I will convert it into an audio file and post it for download, for anyone that is interested, just as soon as the man telling the story on the tape, reviews it and gives his permission.
I also learned yesterday that Bill Hidden spent many hours with the original stone maps. One of the things that bothered him about them, was that the heart insert did not fill the heart cavity in the large stone. Everything else about the stones appeared to be so carefully planned and executed when the maps were made. He couldn't fathom why the map maker would make such a deep cavity for such a thin heart stone.
When he first saw the Latin Heart, he had what he thought was the answer! The Latin Heart was thinner than the original heart... Together, they would both fill the entire deep cavity!
I know... That doesn't tell us where to dig. But it does present some new possibilities to be considered. The part of the Latin Heart story about it being crushed, was always a difficult for me to accept. No more!
For anyone interested. The individual that told me this story can be contacted by e-mail at: dnjharnish@gmail.com
Jim