Titiqaqa (Cusco)

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Titiqaqa
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District

Titiqaqa (Quechua titi lead, lead colored, qaqa rock, [1] [2] other spellings Teteqaqa, Teteq'aq'a) is an archaeological site in Peru. [3] It is located in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, [4] in the northeast of Cusco.

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References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Ministerio de Cultura, Perú, Evaluación del Proyecto: Recuperación del Monumento Pre Hispánico Parque Arqueológico de Teteqaqa, Provincia de Cusco - Región Cusco
  4. ↑ drc-cusco.gob.pe Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine . "Teteq'aq'a"


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