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Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
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beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
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Teodoro Marka M., Nociónes Basicas de Lengua Aymara, p. 21 Hispanicized spelling ''Tanca Tanca'', also ''Tanka Tanka'') or Tanka Tanka (Aymara ''tanka'' hat or
biretta The biretta () is a square cap with three or four peaks or horns, sometimes surmounted by a tuft. Traditionally the three-peaked biretta is worn by Christian clergy, especially Catholic Church hierarchy, Roman Catholic clergy, as well as some ...
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reduplication In linguistics, reduplication is a Morphology (linguistics), morphological process in which the Root (linguistics), root or Stem (linguistics), stem of a word, part of that, or the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change. The cla ...
indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is an archaeological site in
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It is located in the
Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
, Chucuito Province, Zepita District.mincetur.gob.pe
"Complejo arqueológico de Tanka Tanka", retrieved on January 27, 2014
The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage ''(Patrimonio Cultural)'' of Peru.


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Archaeological sites in the Department of Puno Archaeological sites in Peru {{Peru-geo-stub