Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''mawk'a'' ancient, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation),Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, ''Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha,'' La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): ''mawk'a'', ''thanta'' - ''adj. Usado, -da. Gastado y deslucido por el uso. , , Antiguo, lo que ya pasó de moda. Mawk'a.'' ''llaqta'' - ''s País. Nación, región, provincia o territorio, pueblo pequeño. , , s. Nación. Conjunto de los habitantes de un territorio. , , s. Patria. Lugar, ciudad o país en que se ha nacido. , , s. Pueblo. , , s. Urbe. Ciudad, en especial populosa.'' "ancient place", Hispanicized spelling ''Maukallakta'') is an archaeological site in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is located in the

Arequipa Region Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...

, La Unión Province, Puyca District, located about 2 kilometers from Puyca.mincetur.gob.pe
mincetur.gob.pe Edgar Flores Hinojosa-Margot Huillica, "Ciudadela Arqueológica de Maukallakta"], Ministerio de Comercia y Turismo, 2013 (in Spanish) Mawk'allaqta is the largest and most important archaeological complex of the Cotahuasi valley. Developed by the

Wari culture The Wari () were a Pre-Inca cultures, Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru, from about 500 to 1000 AD. Wari ruins, Wari, as the former capital city was called, is located no ...

, it was strategically located on trading routes. Later it was occupied by the Allcca and later still by the

Inca The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...

, who used it as a center of religious and military administration in the valley. In the 21st century, the complex is included within the Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve.

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Mawk'allaqta is believed to be an administrative center developed by the

, which was active about 500CE to 1000CE, prior to the Inca Empire. The large archeological complex is located on a plateau between the Huarcaya and Sumana rivers, which merge downstream to form the Cotahuasi River. Approximately 50 stone structures have been identified on the site, which includes about 25 tombs on the east side of the complex. The complex was strategically located, enabling Inca control of the trading routes between

Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department. The city was the cap ...

and the coast. The Capac Ñan network intersected here with the Contisuyo networks and connected the heart of Tahuantinsuyo Cuzco with the coast of Arequipa.

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*''PLAN DE TURISMO DE LA PROVINCIA DE LA UNIÓN 2007- 2021,'' La Unión Province *''REVISTA SOLIMANA,'' 1999 (ASOCIACIÓN PROVINCIAL LA UNIÓN APLU) *GOMEZ ZANABRIA, GONZALO. ''HISTORIA Y CULTURA DE LA PROVINCIA DE LA UNION-AREQUIPA,'' MPLU-UCSN, 2010 *''HISTORIA DEL DISTRITO DE ALCA'', 2011, MUNICIPALIDAD DE ALCA {{DEFAULTSORT:Mawkallaqta, La Union Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in the Department of Arequipa

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