Huacramarca
Huacramarca or Waqramarka (possibly from Quechua waqra horn, marka village) is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru. Huacramarca lies southeast of Contrahierbas, near the village Huallin (located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District). The ruins are situated on top of the mountain Huacramarca at an elevation of 4,150 metres (13,615 ft).
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Huacramarca with the Cordillera Blanca and the mountains Hualcán and Contrahierbas in the background
References
- ^ Rafael Vega-Centeno, El Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huacramarca. Resultados preliminares. investigaciones sociales Año XII N° 21, pp. 49-75 [unmsm / iihs, Lima, 2008] (in Spanish)
- ^ Ravines, Roger (1996). Atlas geográfico histórico del Perú (in Spanish). Editorial Brasa. p. 28. ISBN 9788483891735.
- ^ Herrera, Alexander; Orsini, Carolina; Lane, Kevin (2006). La complejidad social en la Sierra de Ancash: ensayos sobre paisaje, economía y continuidades culturales (in Spanish). Civiche Raccolte d'Arte Aplicada del Castello Sforzesco. p. 179.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): waqra - s. Cuerno. marka - s. Pueblo o aldea.
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