The Manufacture of Imperial Green Jadeite Objects in Offerings from the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
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Mexica, jadeite, technology, provenance, style.
Abstract
A 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.Downloads
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Published
2019-03-19
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Monterrosa Desruelles H. V. (2019). The Manufacture of Imperial Green Jadeite Objects in Offerings from the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 48, 211-231. https://doi.org/10.5209/REAA.63699
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