T'uqu T'uquyuq ( Quechua ''t'uqu'' a niche, hole or gap in the wall, the

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indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, ''-yuq'' a

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to indicate ownership,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "the one with a complex of niches", also ''Toco Tocoyoc, Toqotoqoyoq, T'oqot'oqoyoq'') or Machu Machuyuq (Quechua ''machu'' old, old person, also ''Machumachuyoc, Machumachuyoq'') is an archaeological site with rock paintings in

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. It is situated in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

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 ...

, Yucay District.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 slopes of the mountain Saywa ''(Sayhua)''. At a distance of about from T'uqu T'uquyuq there is another site with rock art named Ayawayq'u.

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