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The Past and Present of Mirrors

Reflections on Their Purpose as Objects

Edited by Emiliano Gallaga Murrieta, Goran Đurđević and Elizabeth Thomas

314 pages, 66 illus., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80768-077-0 $135.00/£104.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (February 2027)


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Reviews

"It presents novel perspectives on mirrors, going beyond their mere reflective nature to highlight the multiple functions they served in social, religious, political, and commercial spheres. " — Ricardo Melgar Tíso, Museo del Templo Mayor

"This is a robust and innovative contribution to the study of mirrors, effectively synthesizing perspectives from 15 scholars across eight countries and diverse disciplines. " — Lidija Stojanović, Methodius University in Skopje

Description

Mirrors, as objects designed for reflection, have played a significant role in various academic disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, technology, sciences, and arts. This book aims to consolidate current data and methodologies in mirror studies in three sections: Archaeology, Art and Anthropology, and Physics and Medicine. Departing from traditional approaches that primarily focus on the artifacts themselves, it seeks to understand mirrors within broader contexts, such as their materials and materiality, sociocultural and political significance, as well as their functions and symbolic representations.

Emiliano Gallaga Murrieta currently works as professor at Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Mexico. His publications total more than fifty, including articles, profiles and books. He has worked in different regions, both national and international, and one of his expertise is Mesoamerican Mirrors.

Goran Đurđević is a Croatian-born educator and interdisciplinary scholar specializing in comparative and theoretical archaeology, digital humanities, and environmental humanities, whose educational background is in Croatia, India, China, and the United States.

Elizabeth Thomas completed her PhD in Archaeology from the University of Liverpool, focusing on the metallurgy of ancient Egyptian mirrors. She is interested in Egyptian metallurgy more broadly, working on a number of other projects, including the application of Neutron-based techniques as well as excavation.

Subject: ArchaeologyAnthropology (General)Cultural Studies (General)


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