Khichuqaqa (

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 ...

''khichu'' a piece of a whole, fraction, ''qaqa'' rock,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) also spelled ''K'echuqaqa'') is an archaeological site in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

with rock paintings and

tomb A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...

s nearby. It is situated in the Cusco Region,

Urubamba Province Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco ...

Urubamba District Urubamba District is one of seven districts of the province Urubamba in Peru. Geography The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district. One of highest peaks of the district is Ch'iqun at . Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.g ...

.Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish) The site lies at a height of about on the slope of the mountain Kapuliyuq (Quechua for "the one with the bitter-berry tree", ''Capulliyoq'').

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