Ayamachay

Ayamach'ay
Location	Peru
Region	Cusco Region, Canchis Province

Ayamach'ay (Quechua aya corpse, mach'ay cave, ayamach'ay burial cave,^[1] also spelled Ayamachay) is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Combapata District, above the left bank of the river Sallqa (Salcca) in the community of Urusqucha (Oroscocha, Orosqocha).^[2]^[3] The motives are predominantly white and show abstract or geometrical figures.^[2]

West of Ayamach'ay there is another site with rock art named Llamachayuq Qaqa.

References

^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005
^ ^a ^b Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish)
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)

[1] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005

[hostnig-2] Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish)

[3] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)

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