New PDF release: Stone Mirror: A Novel of the Neolithic

New PDF release: Stone Mirror: A Novel of the Neolithic

By Rob Swigart

ISBN-10: 1598740164

ISBN-13: 9781598740165

ISBN-10: 1598740172

ISBN-13: 9781598740172

A Turkish farmer unearths a wide obsidian reflect on most sensible of a mound. How did it get there? What did it suggest for its author, and what does it suggest for us? during this educating novel via author Rob Swigart, the tale toggles from side to side among a Neolithic village—and the altering fortunes of the relatives who reveals this wondrous tool—and glossy archaeologists whose excavated treasure stirs newshounds, governments, and goddess worshippers alike. via an engrossing story throughout millennia, Swigart’s novel presents either a easy reconstruction of Neolithic lifeways and a primer on modern archaeological politics and perform. For archaeology scholars, and for somebody thinking about artifacts earlier and current, Stone reflect could be a enjoyable, informative creation either to archaeology and to the folk they study.

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