Tarawasi

Tarawasi

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Location Limatambo District, Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru
Region PE
Coordinates 13°28′09″S 72°26′11″W / 13.46917°S 72.43639°W / -13.46917; -72.43639Coordinates: 13°28′09″S 72°26′11″W / 13.46917°S 72.43639°W / -13.46917; -72.43639

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]

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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