T'akaq

Archaeological site in Peru

T'akaq
Stone structures at the archaeological site of T'akaq on the mountain of the same name
Highest point
Elevation	4,000 m (13,000 ft)^[1]
Coordinates	9°49′40′′S 76°36′55′′W / 9.82778°S 76.61528°W / -9.82778; -76.61528
Geography
T'akaq is located in Peru T'akaq T'akaq Peru, Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province

T'akaq (Quechua t'akay to scatter, to spread, -q a suffix,^[2] "scattered, spread / the one that scatters", Hispanicized spellings Tacacc, Tacaj), Takaq (Quechua takay to hit,^[2] "hit / the one that hits") or T'aqaq (Quechua t'aqay to separate,^[2] "separated / the one that separates") is a nearly 4,000-metre-high (13,123 ft) mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in Peru. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province,^[3] Chavinillo District, near Chavinillo.^[4]

Huayuculano and Huacuto as seen from the archaeological site of T'akaq

Huayuculano and Huacuto as seen from the archaeological site of T'akaq

References

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^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yarowilca Province (Huánuco Region)
^ ^a ^b ^c Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
^ Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Centro Nacional de Información Cultural, Contribución para un primer inventario general de sitios arqueológicos del Perú, Lima 2001
^ "Turismo". Municipalidad Provincial de Yarowilca. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.