Quitor

Pukará de Quitor

Pukará de Quitor

Archaeological site in Chile

Pukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) (Quechua pukara fortress)[1] is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in northern Chile. This stone fortress is located 3 km northwest of the town of San Pedro de Atacama, overlooking the valley of the river San Pedro. It was designated a national monument in 1982.

Part of the complex as seen from the inside.

References

  1. [1]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.

22°53′27″S 68°12′52″W


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