Table Of ContentTHE LOST CITIES SERIES
IS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD
“An adventurer cuts loose...a cut above most of its genre”.
—The Oakland Tribune
“One long tale of quest and adventure, of chance meetings and
inevitable partings, meals relished and hotels endured, camel caravans
caught and buses missed-spun through with his
eclectic gleanings from obscure works of archaeology,
history and explorers’ diaries. Also woven throughout the books,
in a crazy-quilt jumble of innocent awe and hard bitten savvy,
are reflections on the people and places he encountered...
...There is a disarming casualness and a kind of festive,
footloose fancy to his tales that are utterly beguiling”.
-The San Francisco Chronicle
“...a tonic...experiences in exotic places the rest of us think
only Indiana Jones visits...it will whet your appetite
and leave you chomping at the bit”.
—The Missoulian
“...an offbeat travel guide that is fun to read even if you
don’t have plans to duplicate author David Hatcher Childress’
remarkable journey. A thoughtful young man, Childress tells
a good story and his book is lively and interesting”.
—The Washington Post
“Explore for lost treasure, stone monuments
forgotten in jungles...and hair-raising terrain
from the safety of your armchair”.
—Bookwatch
“A fascinating series of books, written with humour,
insight, depth and an astonishing knowledge
of the ancient past”.
—Richard Noone, author of 5/5/2000
Other books in the Lost Cities Series:
Lost Cities of China, Central Asia & India
Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of Africa & Arabia
Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria & the Pacific
Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of South America
Lost Cities of Europe and the Mediterranean
LOST CITIES OF
NORTH &
CENTRAL AMERICA
ADVENTURES UNLIMITED PRESS
STELLE, ILLINOIS
I dedicate this book to the great American explorers and
to the indigenous peoples of America and their wide
ethnic backgrounds. The many races of mankind are
indeed the “lost tribes”.
Lost Cities of North & Central America
©Copyright 1992
David Hatcher Childress
All rights reserved
Cover photograph by G. Irving.
© 1992 by G. Irving
Printed in the United States of America
Second Printing August 1993
ISBN 0-932813-09-7
Published by
Adventures Unlimited Press
Box 22, Stelle, Illinois 60919 USA
The Lost Cities Series:
Lost Cities of China, Central Asia & India
Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of Africa & Arabia
Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria & the Pacific
Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of South America
Lost Cities of North & Central America
Lost Cities of Europe and the Mediterranean
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Costa Rica & Nicaragua: Marbles of the Gods 9
2. Honduras: Chinese Taoists &
the International Jade Trade 41
3. Guatemala South:
Ancient Megaliths of the Pacific Coast 71
4. Guatemala’s Northern Jungles:
Lost Cities of the Maya 95
5. Belize: Alien Gods & the Crystal Skull 129
6. Quintana Roo & the Yucatán
Pyramids of the Gods 155
7. Southern Mexico:
Lost Golden Books of the Maya 185
8. Northern Mexico:
Quetzalcoatl & the Pyramids of the Sun 229
9. Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico:
El Dorado & The Seven Gold Cities of Cibola 277
10. The Mississippi Valley:
Diving At the Sunken Pyramids of Aztlatlan 339
11. Florida & The Caribbean:
The Search For Atlantis 389
12. New England & Canada:
The Megaliths Of Norombega 433
13. The Rocky Mountains:
Exploring Ancient Nevada Seas 465
14. California: The Mysteries of Mount Shasta 507
15. Western Canada & the Pacific Northwest:
Lost Cities Of the Evergreens 549
Bibliography and Footnotes 577
THANKS to Mom, Dad, Linda, Richard, Carl, Frank,
Carole Gerardo, Robert Stanley, Richard
Dannelley, Dr. Oscar Padilla, Norman Baldwin,
Terry Glavin, Richard Noone, Carolyn Jacobson,
Tim Wilhelm, Dr. Gabriel Abreu, Bob Stone, Jim
Brandon, Greg Deyermenjian, Albert Sindlinger,
Trickster from Madison, Kingsley Craig, Mark
Segal Photography, Theresé O’Halloran & her Art
Studio, George & Morrey at Blackman Ceramic
Studios; and many more people too numerous to
mention.
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Barry Fell and
the Epigraphic Society. John H. Tierney, Donald
Cyr at Stonehenge Viewpoint, plus Dr. Scherz at
the Wisconsin Mound Society, Joseph Mahan, and
the many others who gave me information for this
book.
Every mystery solved brings us to the
threshold of a greater one.
—Rachel Carson
The Mystic Traveller Series:
•IN SECRET TIBET by Theodore Illion (1937)
•DARKNESS OVER TIBET by Theodore Illion (1938)
•TENTS IN MONGOLIA by Henning Haslund (1934)
•MEN AND GODS IN MONGOLIA by Henning Haslund (1935)
•MYSTERY CITIES by Thomas Gann (1925)
•IN QUEST OF LOST WORLDS by Byron de Prorok (1937)
The Lost Science Series:
•THE ANTI-GRAVITY HANDBOOK
•ANTI-GRAVITY & THE WORLD GRID
•ANTI-GRAVITY & THE UNIFIED FIELD
•VIMANA AIRCRAFT OF ANCIENT INDIA & ATLANTIS
•THE MANUAL OF FREE ENERGY DEVICES & SYSTEMS
•TAPPING THE ZERO POINT ENERGY
•THE BRIDGE TO INFINITY
•THE ENERGY GRID
•ETHER TECHNOLOGY
•THE DEATH OF ROCKETRY
The famous Mayan frieze from Tikal showing the destruction of Atlantis. Housed in the Berlin
Museum until 1945, it was destroyed during the bombing of Germany.
