Tarahuasi
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| Tarahuasi | |
|---|---|
 View of Tarahuasi | |
  Location within Peru | |
| 13°28′09″S 72°26′11″W / 13.46917°S 72.43639°W | |
| Location | Limatambo District, Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru |
| Region | PE |
Tarahuasi[1] (possibly from Quechua tara (Caesalpinia spinosa), a small tree native to Peru,[2][3] wasi house)[4] is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Limatambo District.[1]
Closer view of the wall
The stones used for the wall
References
[edit]- 1 2 drc-cusco.gob.pe Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine "Sitio arqueológico de Tarahuasi"
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ A. Brack Egg (1999). Diccionario Enciclopédico de Plantas Utiles del Perú Cusco, Peru: CBC
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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