Pusuquy Pata (

Ayacucho Quechua Ayacucho (also called Chanca or Chanka after the local Chanca people, Chanka ethnicity that dominated the area before the Inca Empire, Inca conquest) is a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, as well as by immigrants f ...

''pusuquy'' a cactus, ''pata'' step, bank of a river, hispanicized spelling ''Posoqoypata'') or Ch'illiku Pampa (Quechua ''ch'illiku''

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

, ''pampa'' a large plain, "cricket plain", also spelled ''Chillicopampa, Chillicupampa, Chillikupampa'') is an archaeological site in the

Ayacucho Region Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...

in Peru. It is located in the

Huanta Province Huanta Province is the northernmost of the eleven provinces in the Ayacucho region in Peru. The capital of the Huanta province is the city of Huanta. History In the colonial era, Huanta province was larger than it is currently, with traditional ...

Huanta District Huanta District is one of eight districts of the Huanta Province in Peru. Its seat is Huanta. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Rasuwillka at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: * Ch'aki Qucha * Mataru Q'asa ...

. The site consists of tombs of the Wari culture.Lidio M. Valdez, J. Ernesto Valdez, Katrina J. Bettcher, ''Posoqoypata, Un Cementerio Wari en el Valle de Ayacucho, Perú'', Bull. Inst. fr. études andines 2001, 30 (2): 335-357Peter Eeckhout,Lawrence S. Owens, Funerary Practices and Models in the Ancient Andes: The Return of the Living Dead, Cambridge University Press, see sketch map on p. 141

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Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in Ayacucho Region Cemeteries in Peru Tombs in Peru Wari culture {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub