Alternative name | Quri Willka |
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Location | Peru, Ayacucho Region |
Region | Andes |
Coordinates | 12°58′40″S74°12′00″W / 12.97778°S 74.20000°W |
Type | storehouses |
Height | 3,300 m (10,827 ft) [1] |
History | |
Cultures | Inca [1] |
Tinyaq [1] (Quechua tinya a kind of drum, -q a suffix, [2] [3] also spelled Tinyacc) or Quri Willka (Quechua quri gold, willka minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), [2] [3] [4] also spelled Qoriwillka) [1] is an archaeological site in Peru with storehouses of the Inca period on a mountain named Tinyaq. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Huanta Province, Iguain District. [1] [5] [6]