La manufactura de los objetos de jadeíta verde imperial de las ofrendas del Templo Mayor de Tenochtitlan

espanolEn el antiguo recinto sagrado de Tenochtitlan se han recuperado poco mas de trescientos objetos de jadeita verde imperial en diversas ofrendas distribuidas en todas las etapas constructivas del edificio. A traves del analisis tecnologico, justificado con la arqueologia experimental, se realizo el estudio traceologico de las huellas de manufactura con la finalidad de identificar la posible procedencia cultural de aquellos jades y determinar cuales fueron manufacturados por artesanos mexicas. EnglishA little more than three hundred green imperial jadeite objects have been excavated from Tenochtitlan’s ancient sacred premises, from a variety of offerings spanning all the building’s construction periods. Thanks to technological analysis, in accordance with experimental archeology, we were able to study the manufacturing hallmarks, with the goal of identifying those jade stones’ possible cultural origins, and to determine which ones were manufactured by Mexica artisans.