Huacramarca or Waqramarka (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''waqra''

horn Horn most often refers to: *Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound ** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...

, ''marka'' village)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): ''waqra'' - ''s. Cuerno.'' ''marka'' - ''s. Pueblo o aldea.'' is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in

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. Huacramarca lies southeast of Contrahierbas, near the village Huallin (located in the Ancash Region,

Asunción Province Asunción Province is one of the 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru, one of the smallest provinces of the region. It is located in the heart of the central highlands of the region, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Blanca, in the east ...

Chacas District Chacas is a district of the province Asunción in the Ancash Region of Peru. Its seat is Chacas. Geography The Cordillera Blanca traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are Wallqan and Yanarahu. Other mountains are li ...

). The ruins are situated on top of the mountain Huacramarca at an elevation of .Rafael Vega-Centeno, El Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huacramarca. Resultados preliminares. investigaciones sociales Año XII N° 21, pp. 49-75 nmsm / iihs, Lima, 2008(in Spanish)

Images

File:Wacramarca.jpg, Huacramarca with the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

and the mountains

Hualcán Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua ''wallqa, walqa'', ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhua ...

and Contrahierbas in the background

References

Archaeological sites in Peru Mountains of Peru Archaeological sites in Ancash Region Mountains of Ancash Region {{Ancash-geo-stub