Quriwayrachina, Anta

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]

Quriwayrachina
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Anta Province
RegionAndes

Hiram Bingham III visited the site in April 1915, and by Paul Fejos in 1940[4]

See also

References
  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: Huairachina
  3. "Sitio Arqueológico de Andenes de Qoriwayrachina". Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Cusco. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. Bingham, Hiram (1952). Lost City of the Incas. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 254-255. ISBN 9781842125854.


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