Qillqatani (
Aymara ''qillqaña'' to write, ''-ta'' a
suffix
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to indicate the
participle
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, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with something written", Hispanicized ''Qelqatani, Quelcatani'') is an archaeological site in
Peru
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"Qillqatani rock shelter" It is located above the
Rio Chila, in the
Puno Region,
El Collao Province
El Collao Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru, created in 1992. The capital of the province is the city of Ilave.
Political division
The province measures and is divided into five districts:
Geography
Some of the highest p ...
,
Santa Rosa District, at a height of about above the riverbed. Qillqatani is surrounded by dry
puna.
The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage ''(Patrimonio Cultural)'' of Peru.
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"Arte rupestre de Qelqatani", retrieved on January 25, 2014 Qillqatani is known for its elaborate rock art panels.
Archaeology
Qillqatani is the first archaeological site in the
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...
basin to be systematically excavated. Archaeologists have identified 36 cultural strata at the site. From 7500 to 4000
BP, Qillqatani was inhabited by hunter-gatherers as a seasonal campsite. These early occupants hunted mostly camelids, and some deer. From 3660 BP onwards, Qillqatani was inhabited by pastoralist camelid-herders who built houses and began to occupy the site long-term. These later occupants also began to trade with people from lower attitudes to obtain ''
Chenopodium
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''.
See also
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Jiskairumoko
Jisk'a Iru Muqu (Aymara, ''jisk'a'' small, ''iru'' a type of grass, ''(Festuca orthophylla)'', ''muqu'' knot; joint of a part of the reed, also spelled ''Jiskairumoko, Jisk'airumoko'') is a pre-Columbian archaeological site south-east of Puno ...
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Soro Mik'aya Patjxa
References
Bibliography
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External links
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Stone Raw Material Provisioning in the Chivay Obsidian Source Area
Rock art in South America
Archaeological sites in Puno Region
Archaeological sites in Peru
High-altitude archaeology
Petroglyphs in South America
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