Piedras de fuego y agua
Subtitle: turquesas y jades entre los nahuas
By: Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tísoc, Reyna Beatríz Solís Ciriaco, Hervé Víctor Monterrosa Desruelles
Contributors: Monterrosa Desruelles, Hervé Victor, author; Solís Ciriaco, Reyna Beatríz, author; Museo del Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico)
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Museos y galerías; Museos y galerías
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Antropolgía e Historia
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Ciudad de México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9786075391922
Subjects: Turquoise; Exhibitions; Jade art objects; Indian art; Excavations (Archaeology); Aztecs; Antiquities
Other titles: Turquesas y jades entre los nahuas
Description: A comprehensive overview of the Pre-Hispanic role of turquoise and jade amongst the Aztecs with information about their deposits, tribute, trade and symbolism, along with similarities and differences in their use with respect to other Mesoamerican societies. The exhibition comprised 137 pieces: part of these were found in the ritual deposits of the ceremonial center of the Mexicas (Templo Mayor site), and others from other Huastec, Chalchihuitas, Mixteco and Tarasco sites. Includes strings of beads, bezotes, nose rings, sculptures of deities such as Xiuhtecuhtli-Tlaloc, mosaic discs, pectorals, offerings stone boxes, knives and Xiuhtecuhtli centers adorned with stones, highlighting minerals belonging to the Institute of Geology of the UNAM.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museo del Templo Mayor in Mexico City, November 22, 2018 - January 27, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-219).
Table of contents: title: Presentaciones / María Cristina García Cepeda, Diego Prieto Hernández, Patricia Ledesma Bouchan; title: Piedras de fuego y agua. Turquesas y jades entre los nahuas / Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tisoc, Reyna Beatriz Solís Ciriaco, Hervé Víctor Monterrosa Desruelles; title: Introducción; title: Piedras de fuego; title: Piedras de agua; title: Conclusiones.