Taqrachullu

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Taqrachullu
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Espinar Province
Region Andes
Coordinates 14°58′05″S71°36′23″W / 14.96806°S 71.60639°W / -14.96806; -71.60639 Coordinates: 14°58′05″S71°36′23″W / 14.96806°S 71.60639°W / -14.96806; -71.60639
Height 3,800 m (12,500 ft) [1]

Taqrachullu, Pukara Taqrachullu, [2] T'akrachullu, Pukara T'akrachullu (Quechua t'akra uncultivated land, an infertile or rocky piece of land, chullu spur of land which ends in the confluence of two rivers / something soaked) [3] [4] [5] or María Fortaleza is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Suykutambo District. [1]

Peru republic in South America

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.

Espinar Province Province in Cusco, Peru

Espinar Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-18 at the Wayback Machine . "Grupo arqueológico de Taqrachullo", retrieved on January 29, 2014
  2. ↑ Dirección de Planificación y Presupuesto de DRC – Cusco, "Recuperación del Monumento Arqueológico Pre Hispanico María Fortaleza T'aqrachullo - Espinar - Cusco", p. 25: "Toponímicamente la palabra Pukara, según el Diccionario de la Lengua Quechua y Aymara, proviene de fortaleza y/o baluarte de protección Y Taqrachullu deriva gramaticalmente de dos acepciones: Taqra es roca madre y Chullu agua congelada. (ref.24 Municipalidad Provincial del Cusco. Diccionario de la Lengua Quechua Español. Cusco 1995.) Significando holísticamente "lugar rocoso y gélido incrustada en una hondonada", circundada por las aguas del río Apurimac. Cabe indicar que la Zona Arqueológica de Pukara Taqrachullu se conoce también con el nombre María Fortaleza, información en la documentación de la alcaldía de Suykutambo."
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Anna M. Babel, Contact and Contrast in Valley Spanish, University of Michigan, 2010
  5. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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