Manufactured light : mirrors in the Mesoamerican realm

Auteur(s) : Gallaga M., Emiliano (Éd.)
Blainey, Marc G. (Éd.)
Description matérielle : xi-324 p. : illustrations et photos en noir et blanc, cartes, schémas ; 24 cm.Publication : Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016.Cote : NU.416Note : Bibliographie en fin de chapitre. Index. Thématique : Archéologie Thématique spécifique : Culture matérielle | Miroir | Manufacture | Technique | Symbolique Géographique : Mésoamérique
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Introduction / Gallaga M., Emiliano --

How to make a pyrite mirror: an experimental archaeology project / Gallaga M., Emiliano --

Manufacturing techniques of pyrite inlays in Mesoamerica / Melgar, Emiliano ; Gallaga M., Emiliano and Solis, Reyna --

Domestic production of pyrite mirrors at Cancuén, Guatemala / Kovacevich, Brigitte --

Identification and use of pyrite and hematite at Teotihuacan / Gazzola, Julie ; Gómez Chávez, Sergio et Calligaro, Thomas --

On how mirrors would have been employed in the Ancient Americas / Lunazzi, José J. --

Iron pyrite ornaments from Middle Formative contexts in the Mascota Valley of Jalisco, Mexico: description, Mesoamerican relationships, and probable symbolic significance / Mountjoy, Joseph B. --

Pre-Hispanic iron-ore mirrors and mosaics from Zacatecas / Lelgemann, Achim --

Techniques of luminosity: iron-ore mirrors and entheogenic shamanism among the Ancient Maya / Blainey, Marc G.--

Stones of light: the use of crystals in Maya divination / McGraw, John J. --

Reflecting on exchange: Ancient Maya mirrors beyond the Southeast periphery / Dennett, Carrie L. and Blainey, Marc G.--

Ritual uses of mirrors by the Wixaritari (Huichol Indians): instruments of reflexivity in creative processes / Kindl, Olivia --

Through a glass, brightly: recent investigations concerning mirrors and scrying in ancient and contemporary Mesoamerica / Taube, Karl

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