| Inkallaqta | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Inca |
| Location | Cochabamba Department |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Coordinates | 17°36′18″S 65°24′57″W / 17.60500°S 65.41583°W |
| Elevation | 2950 m to 3150 m |
Inkallaqta (Quechua inka Inca, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation),[1] "Inca place", Hispanicized spellings Incallacta, Incallajta, Incallakta, Inkallajta, Inkallakta) is a monumental Inca site in central Bolivia. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, approximately 130 kilometers east of Cochabamba. It was most recently excavated by Larry Coben.[2] He believes that the site was used to perform rites for the ceremonial calendar. The site has several important structures such as the Kallanka. It was the largest single roofed room in the western hemisphere when it was built, and measures 78 by 25 meters. There's also an ushnu or a ritual platform on the site. The Torreon of Inkallaqta is also located on this site. Positioned on the western side of the site this six sided structure supposedly had calendrical or astronomical significance. There is a zigzag wall immediately north of the site which is meant to mark and protect it.[3]
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua, La Paz 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): inka. s. Soberano, monarca, supremo jerarca del Tawantinsuyu. llaqta - s País. Nación, región, provincia o territorio, pueblo pequeño. || s. Nación. Conjunto de los habitantes de un territorio. || s. Patria. Lugar, ciudad o país en que se ha nacido. || s. Pueblo. || s. Urbe. Ciudad, en especial populosa.
- ^ larrycoben.com Larry Coben Archaeology Web Page "Incallajta (Inkallajta, Incallacta, Inkallakta), Bolivia", retrieved on June 27, 2013
- ^ "Larry Coben Archaeology Web Page - Inca Archaeology and Archaeology of Performance". 2006-10-16. Archived from the original on 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2018-05-14.