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Tarawasi
View of Tarawasi
Tarahuasi is located in Peru
Tarahuasi
Shown within Peru
LocationLimatambo District, Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru
RegionPE

Tarawasi (Quechua tara (Caesalpinia spinosa syn. Caesalpinia tinctoria), a small tree native to Peru,[1][2] wasi house,[3] "tara house", hispanicized spelling Tarahuasi) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Limatambo District.[4]

  • Closer view of the wall
    Closer view of the wall
  • The stones used for the wall
    The stones used for the wall

References

  1. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionray)
  2. ^ A. Brack Egg (1999). Diccionario Enciclopédico de Plantas Utiles del Perú Cusco, Peru: CBC
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ^ drc-cusco.gob.pe "Sitio arqueológico de Tarahuasi"
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