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This article is about the archaeological site in the Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Quriwayrachina.
Quriwayrachina
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Anta Province
RegionAndes

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]

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

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References

  1. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  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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