How could Lamoni have a chariot if early Americans didn’t have the wheel?
We don’t actually know that all early Americans didn’t have the wheel—wheeled figurines and potter’s wheels have been discovered, actually. If Nephites and Lamanites had chariots like we think of chariots (and, indeed, these may have been something similar, but different), there is every reason to believe these would not have survived to be found. There is no evidence of chariots in the Holy Land, but the Bible mentions them pretty frequently. 3 1. Right on Target: Boomerang Hits in the Book of Mormon (Matthew Roper) 2. Book of Mormon anachronisms: Animals (Fairwiki) 3. Book of Mormon anachronisms: Warfare (Michael R.