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qullqas were
typically used to
store maize and
rectangular qullqas were used to
store freeze-dried
potatoes ("chuño") and
other root crops.
Qullqas had...
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Qullqa Sirka (Aymara
qullqa granary,
sirka vein of the body or a mine, "granary vein", also
spelled Colcasirca) is a
mountain in the
Andes of Peru, about...
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Qullqa Punta (Quechua
qullqa,
qulqa deposit, storehouse,
punta peak; ridge; first, before, in
front of, "deposit peak", also
spelled Julca Punta) is a...
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other goods and the
Mantaro Valley has more
qullqas than any
other region of Peru. Half of the 2,573
qullqas were
placed in the
center of this
maize and...
-
palace built for
emperor Pachacuti. The
Incas built several storehouses or
qullqas (Quechua: qollqa) out of
fieldstones on the
hills surrounding Ollantaytambo...
- foot) for the Inca army.
Shelters called tambo and
storage silos called qullqas were
built one day's
travelling distance from each other, so an army on...
-
colcas to take
advantage of
natural airflow to keep
stored items fresh. The
qullqas could be
round or rectangular, the
local po****tion near the
colcas centers...
-
America grew
large surpluses of food
which they
stored in
buildings called Qullqas. The most
important crop
domesticated in the
Amazon Basin and tropical...
-
agriculture and
administrative center, with more than two
thousand silos (
qullqas) for corn
storage built in the area.[citation needed]
Further north in...
- the Sapa Inca, as well as the road
system and
extensive storage systems (
qullqas) that
allowed them to
harvest and
store food and to
distribute it throughout...
