Millka, Archaeological site in Sarhua District, Ayacucho Region, Peru.
Millka is an archaeological site of the Chanka period in Sarhua District, Víctor Fajardo Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru. It lies on top of a mountain at 3,500 m, northeast of Sarhua. The name Millka, also spelled Millqa, means divisions with lines within a sown field in Aymara and the space between two furrows or boundaries in Quechua.
Millka is attributed to the Chanka period, the era of the Chanka confederation in the Ayacucho highlands before the Inca expansion. The site lies on a mountain top at 3,500 m northeast of Sarhua, in Sarhua District, Víctor Fajardo Province. Its name, from Aymara and Quechua, refers to divisions with lines within a sown field and to the space between two furrows.
Millka is also spelled Millqa. In Aymara the word means divisions with lines within a sown field; in Quechua it means the space between two furrows, or boundaries. The site lies in Sarhua District, Víctor Fajardo Province, Ayacucho Region, northeast of Sarhua, and belongs to the Chanka period.
The site sits on a mountain top at 3,500 m northeast of Sarhua, in the Ayacucho Region's Víctor Fajardo Province. Reaching it means walking up from Sarhua; plan the climb for daylight and allow time for the altitude. No facilities are recorded at the site, so carry what you need and leave no waste.
Millka means "divisions with lines within a sown field" in Aymara and "the space between two furrows or boundaries" in Quechua; the site is also spelled Millqa. It sits on a mountain top at 3,500 m, northeast of Sarhua in Sarhua District, Víctor Fajardo Province, Ayacucho Region.
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