Tinyaq Explained

Tinyaq
Alternate Name:Quri Willka
Map Type:Peru
Relief:1
Coordinates:-12.9778°N -74.2°W
Location:Peru, Ayacucho Region
Region:Andes
Type:storehouses
Height:33000NaN0[1]

Tinyaq[1] (Quechua tinya a kind of drum, -q a suffix, also spelled Tinyacc) or Quri Willka (Quechua quri gold, willka minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree),[2] also spelled Qoriwillka)[1] is an archaeological site in Peru with storehouses of the Inca period on a mountain named Tinyaq. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Huanta Province, Iguain District.[1] [3] [4]

References

  1. Lidio M. Valdez, J. Ernesto Valdez, Los Sistemas de Almacenamiento Inka de Tinyaq, Ayacucho, Perú, Bull. Inst. fr. études andines 2000, 29 (1): 13-27
  2. Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)
  3. Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Plan de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Ayacucho 2004 – 2014, Aprobado mediante Ordenanza de Consejo Regional N° 03 - 04 - GRA/PRES
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huanta Province (Ayacucho Region)