Tarahuasi

Tarahuasi
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Location Limatambo District, Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru
Region PE
Coordinates 13°28′09″S 72°26′11″W / 13.46917°S 72.43639°W / -13.46917; -72.43639Coordinates: 13°28′09″S 72°26′11″W / 13.46917°S 72.43639°W / -13.46917; -72.43639

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]

References

  1. 1 2 drc-cusco.gob.pe "Sitio arqueológico de Tarahuasi"
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ A. Brack Egg (1999). Diccionario Enciclopédico de Plantas Utiles del Perú Cusco, Peru: CBC
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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