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Some Mormon scholars have argued for substantial parallels between the Jaredites and the Olmecs.

For example, one scholar pointed to writings by an alleged ancient Native American historian Ixtlilxochitl who wrote about a group of people who came from the great tower to Mesoamerica.

According to Ixtlilxochitl's writings, they lived in an area in the northern parts of the land along the Gulf Coast of Mexico.

( Allen 1989, 55 ) Other LDS researchers point to native legends, suggesting that the earliest immigrants to Central America migrated by land and boat from “ northern America ”.

Olive compares Jaredite civilization to ancient cultures of the Great Lakes region.