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    A chullpa is an ancient Aymara funerary tower originally constructed for a noble person or noble family. Chullpas are found across the Altiplano in Peru...
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  • Chullpa Urqu (Quechua chullpa stone tomb, burial tower, urqu mountain, "chullpa mountain", also spelled Chullpa Orkho) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes...
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    Sillustani (section Chullpa)
    The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, most likely a Puquina-speaking people...
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  • Chullpa Chullpani (Aymara chullpa an ancient funerary building, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or complex of something, -ni a suffix...
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    Chullpa (Aymara for an ancient funerary building (chullpa)) is a 4,307-metre-high (14,131 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia east of Poopó Lake. It...
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  • Chullpa Ch'utu (Quechua chullpa stone tomb, burial tower, ch'utu cone, "chullpa cone", also spelled Chullpa Chutu) is a 3,748-metre-high (12,297 ft) mountain...
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  • Chullpa Q'asa (Quechua chullpa stone tomb, burial tower, q'asa mountain pass, "chullpa pass", also spelled Chullpa Khasa) is a 2,826-metre-high (9,272 ft)...
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  • Wila Chullpa (Aymara wila blood, blood-red, chullpa an ancient funerary building, "red chullpa") is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a...
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  • Chullpa Urqu (Quechua chullpa stone tomb, burial tower, urqu mountain, "chullpa mountain", also spelled Chullpa Orkho) is a 3,132-metre-high (10,276 ft)...
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  • least one person was killed during an April 2002 conflict between the Chullpa and Tayaquira ayllus. Fundación Unir reports that "a strip of 150 kilometers"...
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  • Mawri River. The place is covered with more than 50 chullpa and surrounded by a wall. The chullpa are constructed of stone of volcanic origin and mortar...
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    rolled to their positions using wooden beams on earth ramps. An unfinished chullpa in Sillustani still has a ramp in place. Father Cobo saw Incan builders...
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    MUSEF, La Paz, 1994. Flores Aguanta, Willer. Chullpas en el siglo XXI. (Resúmen histórico del ayllu Chullpa). En: Anales de la Reunión annual de etnología...
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    buried their leaders in a mausoleum in the shape of a tower called a "chullpa"; the design of these towers was different in each of the societies. There...
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  • Chullpani (Aymara chullpa an ancient funerary building, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with chullpa constructions") is a 2,788-metre-high...
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  • Chullpani (Aymara chullpa an ancient funerary building, -ni a suffix, "the one with chullpa constructions") is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which...
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    largest. These were located farther inland in fortified towns (pucara), and chullpa burial and ceremonial towers still remain. Although the Aymaras were based...
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  • Municipality. It lies east of the village of Paranani. The Chullpa Q'asa Mayu ("chullpa pass river", Chullpa Khasa Mayu) which downstream is named Pukarani originates...
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  • Lake Chullpacocha (possibly from Quechua chullpa an ancient burial tower, qucha lake, "chullpa lake") is a lake in the Andes of Peru. It is located in...
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    1080/10408399709527776. ISSN 1040-8398. PMID 9143821. Rydén, Stig (1952). "Chullpa pampa — A pre- tiahuanacu archaeological site in the cochabamba region...
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  • Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality. Wila Willk'i lies northeast of Chullpa Chullpani. It is north of the Qala Jawira ("stone river", Hispanicized...
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  • Temples of Malta Teotihuacan Fort Gorazda Fort Trašte Lovćen Lixus Chinchero Chullpa Towers Coricancha Inti Watana, Ayacucho Ollantaytambo Raqch'i Saksaywaman...
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    home, in cairns, in stone dolmens and in cylindrical, upright graves. The chullpa funerial towers were reserved for the elite of society. They varied in...
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    the Tiwanaku–Wari culture. The "mausoleums" may be modified forms of the chullpa or pucullo, elements of funeral architecture observed throughout the Andes...
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  • Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies northeast of Chullpa Urqu Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Toromani 6438-II Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto...
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  • Iskanwaya Puma Punku Lukurmata Sacambaya River Alcaya Jachaphasa Río Lauca Chullpas Tiahuanaco also known as Tiwanaku Bijela Tabija Butmir Daorson Delminium...
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    large "above ground burial chambers for the social elite... known as "chullpas". Similar, though smaller, structures were found within the site of Tiwanaku...
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    of radial lines and aligned to where lines meet are wak'as (shrines), chullpas (burial towers) and hamlets, making the area a unique cultural landscape...
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  • how the Incas were buried. Common people were placed in an open cave or chullpa for possible visiting. Emperors' organs were removed and placed in jars...
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  • dwelling-place of mouros. Arqueología de la ruptura colonial: mouros, chullpas, gentiles y abuelos en España, Bolivia y Chile en perspectiva comparada...
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