Puruchuco
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Quechua phuruchuku (“feather hat”), from phuru + chuku
Proper noun
[edit]Puruchuco
- An archaeological site in Lima, Peru
- 2005 August 16, Nicholas Wade, “Those Ancient Incan Knots? Tax Accounting, Researchers Suggest”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Since the quipu could represent instructions sent to the ruler of Puruchuco from the provincial governor, or accounting records sent from Puruchuco to the governor, it would have been useful for the records to carry a tag identifying the place they referred to.