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    Qullqa (redirect from Qollqa)
    A qullqa (Quechua pronunciation: [ˈqʊʎˌqa] "deposit, storehouse"; (spelling variants: colca, collca, qolca, qollca) was a storage building found along...
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  • Qullqapampa (Quechua qullqa, qulqa deposit, storehouse, pampa a large plain, hispanicized spellings Colcabamba, Colcapampa, Collcabamba, Collcapampa) may...
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    Machu Colca (redirect from Machu Qollqa)
    Machu Colca, Machuqolqa or Machu Qollqa (from Quechua machu old, old person, qullqa, qulqa deposit, storehouse) is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies...
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    emperor Pachacuti. The Incas built several storehouses or qullqas (Quechua: qollqa) out of fieldstones on the hills surrounding Ollantaytambo. Their location...
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    heartland of the Inca Empire. The maize was stored in 2,400 storehouses (qollqas) in the hills overlooking the valley or transported by llama caravan to...
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    other works, Huayna Capac greatly expanded the road network.: 144  He had qollqa built along it for food so that aid could be quickly rushed to any who were...
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    thought to protect llamas and alpacas." Another important stellar deity was Qollqa (Pleiades). This constellation was honored because she was the mother of...
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  • projects, such as roads, aqueducts, and storage buildings known as tampu and qollqa. There were parallel institutions of lineage-based colonies known as mitmaqkuna...
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    mostly of simple digging sticks. [citation needed] The Inca developed qollqas, a building made of adobe, field stone, clay mortar, plaster and pirca...
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    agricultural products, constructing thousands of storage silos (qullqa or qollqas) in every major center of their empire and along their extensive road system...
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    Vitcos and Chuquipalta. Amongst these are kalankas (meeting houses), several qollqa (storehouses), and a large usnu (religious observation platform), as well...
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    are six storehouses (qullqas, also spelt as colca, collca, qolca, qollca, qollqa) of equal size and constructed of adobe. Qullqas were often built in groups...
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    more than 100 buildings which served as living quarters, storehouses (qollqas), and administrative buildings. The inhabited area was surrounded by three...
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    villages of the area it administered with the products of other regions. Qollqas are constructed in rows and made of pirqa masonry, just as the residential...
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