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Stone Mirror
Stone Mirror is published by Left Coast Press as an introductory textbook to Neolithic archaeology.

A large obsidian mirror is found by a Turkish farmer on top of a mound. How did it get there? What does it mean, for then and now? In this teaching novel by writer Rob Swigart, the story toggles back and forth between the story of a Neolithic village-- and the changing fortunes of the family who find this wondrous tool-- and a tale of modern archaeologists whose excavated finds stir journalists, governments, and goddess worshippers alike. In doing so, Swigart’s novel provides both a basic reconstruction of Neolithic lifeways and a primer of contemporary archaeological politics and practice. For students in introductory archaeology classes, courses on the Neolithic, or on ethical issues, Stone Mirror will be a fun, informative introduction both to archaeology and to the people archaeologists study.