Pariacaca

For the Incan god, see Pariacaca (god).
Pariacaca
Paryaqaqa / Tullujuto

Mount Pariacaca
Highest point
Elevation 5,750 m (18,860 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°59′30″S 75°59′30″W / 11.99167°S 75.99167°W / -11.99167; -75.99167Coordinates: 11°59′30″S 75°59′30″W / 11.99167°S 75.99167°W / -11.99167; -75.99167
Geography
Pariacaca

Peru

Location Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent range Andes, Paryaqaqa
Climbing
First ascent 1938, Pariacaca S, T. Dodge
1936, Pariacaca N, T. Dodge

Pariacaca,[1][2] Paria Caca,[3] Paryaqaqa,[4] Parya Qaqa,[3][5] (possibly from Quechua parya reddish; copper; sparrow, qaqa rock)[2][6][7] or Tullujuto[8] (possibly from Quechua tullu bone, qutu heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca mountain range (or Huarochirí mountain range)[8] in the Andes of Peru, with a summit elevation of 5,751 metres (18,868 ft) above sea level.[1][8] It is situated on the border of the regions of Junín and Lima, southeast of Qullqip'ukru and Quriwasi. In ancient times it was considered a sacred mountain.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pariacaca". www.montanasperuanas.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. 1 2 Astuhuaman, Cesar (2004). "Pariacaca: un oráculo imperial andino" (PDF). Ensayos en Ciencas Sociales (in Spanish). 1 (2): 33. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Besom, Thomas (2010). Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices. University of Texas Press. pp. 66–68. ISBN 9780292783041.
  4. ↑ Gérald Taylor, Rites et Traditions de Huarochirí. (1995)
  5. 1 2 Kaplan, Steven (1995). Indigenous Responses to Western Christianity. NYU Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9780814746493.
  6. ↑ Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577
  7. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  8. 1 2 3 Echevarría, Evelio (2001). "The Cordillera Huarochiri, Peru" (PDF). The Alpine Journal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-03.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pariacaca.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.