Mawk'allaqta,_Sandia

Mawk'allaqta, Sandia

Mawk'allaqta, Sandia

Archaeological site in Peru

This article is about the archaeological site in the Sandia Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Mawk'allaqta (disambiguation).

Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta,[1] (Quechua mawk'a ancient, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation),[2] "ancient place", Hispanicized spelling Maukallacta) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Sandia District.[3] The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru by the National Institute of Culture.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: Mawk'a Llaqta
  2. [2]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): mawk'a, thanta - adj. Usado, -da. Gastado y deslucido por el uso. || Antiguo, lo que ya pasó de moda. Mawk'a. llaqta - s País. Nación, región, provincia o territorio, pueblo pequeño. || s. Nación. Conjunto de los habitantes de un territorio. || s. Patria. Lugar, ciudad o país en que se ha nacido. || s. Pueblo. || s. Urbe. Ciudad, en especial populosa.
  3. [3]
    mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-04 at the Wayback Machine "Sitio arqueológico Maukallacta", retrieved on January 24, 2014
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