espanolLa turquesa fue un mineral profundamente valorado en la epoca prehispanica, puesto que fue empleada para la creacion de diversos objetos, como cuentas, pendientes e incluso pequenas teselas que conformaban hermosos mosaicos. Este mineral ha sido recuperado en diferentes sitios; entre ellos, en el interior del templo prehispanico del Monte Tlaloc donde fueron recuperadas miles de pequenas teselas de turquesa. Dicho material fue analizado con diferentes tecnicas no destructivas ni invasivas para su identificacion precisa e inferir su procedencia. Asimismo, se analizaron las diferentes huellas de manufactura presentes en las piezas con el fin de identificar los procesos que se emplearon en la elaboracion de las teselas y de, esta manera, asociar el material con algun estilo o tradicion tecnologica. EnglishTurquoise was a mineral deeply valued in pre-Hispanic time; it was used to make different objects, such as beads, pendants and even small tesserae, which were used to design beautiful mosaics. This mineral has been recovered from different sites, such as the pre-Hispanic temple the Monte Tlaloc. Inside of this place were recovered thousands of small turquoise tesserae. These materials were analyzed with different non-destructive or invasive techniques for the precise identification of the material and infer their provenance. In addition, different manufacturing traces present in the pieces were analyzed in order to identify the processes that were used in the manufacture of the tesserae and associating the material with some style or technological tradition.