Qullqa
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qullqa-249-7273703
title:
Qullqa
text:
A qullqa (Quechua pronunciation: "deposit, storehouse"; was a storage building found along roads and near the cities and political centers of the Inca Empire. These were large stone buildings with roofs thatched with "ichu" grass, or what is known as Peruvian feathergrass. To a "prodigious [extent] unprecedented in the annals of world prehistory" the Incas stored food and other commodities which could be distributed to their armies, officials, conscripted laborers, and, in times of need, to the
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description:
Inca storage building
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qullqa
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date modified:
2024-03-18T17:29:36Z
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