Quriwayrachina, Quri Wayrachina ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''wayrachina'' a special oven for

smelting Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore, to extract a base metal. It is a form of extractive metallurgy. It is used to extract many metals from their ores, including silver, iron, copper, and other base metals. Smelting uses heat and a c ...

metal, "oven for smelting gold"),Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: ''Huairachina'' Hatun Quriwayrachina or Hatun Quri Wayrachina (Quechua ''hatun'' big, also spelled ''Qatun'' Quriwayrachina) is an archaeological site of the

Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, ( Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The adm ...

period 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 ...

located 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 ...

Lucanas Province Lucanas is the largest province in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Its seat is Puquio. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are Rasuwillka and Qarwarasu. Other mountains are listed below: Some of the largest lakes of the pr ...

Carmen Salcedo District Carmen Salcedo District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest mountains of the district is Waytayuq at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the ...

.Sistema Peruano de Información Jurídica, Resolución Viceministerial No. 459-2011-VMPCIC-MC, Lima April 20, 2011Investigación, Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga, Oficina General de Investigación e Innovación, Vol. 18 Número 2 - 2010, p. 86, Ayacucho, Peru It lies near the mountain Inka Pallanka which is venerated as an apu by the people of the area. There are two platforms which are known as Hatun Quri Wayrachina and Huch'uy Quri Wayrachina (Quechua ''huch'uy'' small, also spelled Uchuy Quriwayrachina) by the locals. On April 20, 2011, the site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Viceministerial'' No. 459-2011-VMPCIC-MC.

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