Quriwayrachina, Anta
Location | Peru, Cusco Region, Anta Province |
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Region | Andes |
Quriwayrachina or Quri Wayrachina (Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold")[1][2] is an archaeological site with agricultural terraces in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Anta Province. The terraces lie about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the terraces of Zurite.[3]
Hiram Bingham III visited the site in April 1915, and by Paul Fejos in 1940[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: Huairachina
- ↑ "Sitio Arqueológico de Andenes de Qoriwayrachina". Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Cusco. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ↑ Bingham, Hiram (1952). Lost City of the Incas. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 254–255. ISBN 9781842125854.
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