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Tinyaq

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Alternate name
  
Quri Willka

Type
  
storehouses

Cultures
  
Inca

Location
  
Peru, Ayacucho Region

Height
  
3,300 m (10,827 ft)

Region
  
Andes

Tinyaq (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), also spelled Qoriwillka) 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.

References

Tinyaq Wikipedia