- of
South America, a
huaca or wak'a is an
object that
represents something revered,
typically a
monument of some kind. The term
huaca can
refer to natural...
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Huaca Prieta is the site of a
prehistoric settlement beside the
Pacific Ocean in the
Chicama Valley, just
north of Trujillo, La
Libertad Province, Peru...
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Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from
Quechua wak'a a
local god of protection, a
sacred object or
place / sacred,
Walla a people,
marka village) also known...
-
Huaca Pucllana or
Huaca Juliana (possibly from
Quechua wak'a a
local shrine to a
protector deity, a
sacred place, sacred,
pukllana game) is a
great adobe...
- the
Moche people of
northern Peru.
Along with the
Huaca del Sol, the
Huaca de la Luna is part of
Huacas de Moche,
which is the
remains of an
ancient Moche...
- The
ocarina (otherwise
known as a
potato flute) is a wind
musical instrument; it is a type of
vessel flute.
Variations exist, but a
typical ocarina is...
-
Huaca Rajada, also
known as Sipán, is a
Moche archaeological site in
northern Peru in the
Lambayeque Valley, that is
famous for the tomb of Lord of Sipán...
- The
Huaca del Sol is an
adobe brick pyramid built by the
Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) on the
northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid...
- The
Huaca Huantinamarca is an
archaeological site of the
Ichma culture located in San
Miguel District, in Lima, Peru. It is
located on the
first block...
-
their elaborately painted ceramics, gold work,
monumental constructions (
huacas), and
irrigation systems.
Moche history may be
broadly divided into three...
