Jammer Wrote:
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> Thanks Byrd.
>
> I have read in several sources that there was a
> prominence in bedrock on the Northeast corner that
> could be taken/was taken as the "first land of
> creation"...

Generally such sites are considered sacred (as, for example, the cave where Romulus and Remus were fostered by the she-wolf) and are NOT touched. Ancient civilizations would build around such a site, but it would be sacrilegious to touch it.

The one creation story that I'm aware of that deals with a fertile mound(s) is not specific on the location.

> IF that prominence existed, remembering they built
> replicas of this island in the inner sanctum of
> every temple built, the choice becomes a no
> brainer.

Did they build replicas of the island in every single temple? Could you provide a reference?

> Now the $64 question, what documentation exists
> there was such a prominence?

Well, unless it was Just Dirt, it wouldn't have eroded away so quickly. Furthermore, if it was there, some sort of structures and temples would have been placed all around it. Lots of temples.

That's a $24 answer, but maybe someone else will have a bit more insight.