Huacramarca

Huacramarca
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Location	Peru ; Ancash
Coordinates	9°10′32″S77°26′00″W / 9.1754411°S 77.4332291°W Coordinates: 9°10′32″S77°26′00″W / 9.1754411°S 77.4332291°W

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Huacramarca^[1]^[2] or Waqramarka^[3] (possibly from Quechua waqra horn, marka village)^[4] is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru. Huacramarca lies southeast of Contrahierbas, near the village Huallin (located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District).^[1]^[3] The ruins are situated on top of the mountain Huacramarca at an elevation of 4,150 metres (13,615 ft).^[1]

A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone. Horns are distinct from antlers, which are not permanent. In mammals, true horns are found mainly among the ruminant artiodactyls, in the families Antilocapridae (pronghorn) and Bovidae.

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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Huacramarca with the Cordillera Blanca and the mountains Hualcán and Contrahierbas in the background

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Hualcán is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,122 metres (20,085 ft) high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas and Carhuaz districts. Hualcán lies south-east of Chequiaraju.

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References

1 2 3 Rafael Vega-Centeno, El Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huacramarca. Resultados preliminares. investigaciones sociales Año XII N° 21, pp. 49-75 [unmsm / iihs, Lima, 2008] (in Spanish)
↑ Ravines, Roger (1996). Atlas geográfico histórico del Perú (in Spanish). Editorial Brasa. p. 28. ISBN 9788483891735.
1 2 Herrera, Alexander; Orsini, Carolina; Lane, Kevin (2006). La complejidad social en la Sierra de Ancash: ensayos sobre paisaje, economía y continuidades culturales (in Spanish). Civiche Raccolte d'Arte Aplicada del Castello Sforzesco. p. 179.
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): waqra - s. Cuerno.marka - s. Pueblo o aldea.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 Rafael Vega-Centeno, El Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huacramarca. Resultados preliminares. investigaciones sociales Año XII N° 21, pp. 49-75 [unmsm / iihs, Lima, 2008] (in Spanish)

[2] Ravines, Roger (1996). Atlas geográfico histórico del Perú (in Spanish). Editorial Brasa. p. 28. ISBN 9788483891735.

[:1-3] 1 2 Herrera, Alexander; Orsini, Carolina; Lane, Kevin (2006). La complejidad social en la Sierra de Ancash: ensayos sobre paisaje, economía y continuidades culturales (in Spanish). Civiche Raccolte d'Arte Aplicada del Castello Sforzesco. p. 179.

[4] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): waqra - s. Cuerno.marka - s. Pueblo o aldea.