Intiyuq K'uchu
{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}}
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| alternate_name = Pintasqa Wayq'u
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| region = Cusco Region, Calca Province
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Intiyuq K'uchu (or Pintasqa Wayq'u) is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lamay District.Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish) Intiyuq K'uchu is situated at a height of about {{convert|3800|m|ft|0}}.
Intiyuq K'uchu is a Quechuan name that means ""a corner with (a) sun". Inti means sun; -yuq is a suffix that denotes ownership; k'uchu means "corner".Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) It is alternately spelled Intiyoqk'uchu.
Pintasqa Wayq'u (or Pintasqawayq'o) means "painted valley": Pintay ("to paint") is a borrowing from Spanish pintar; wayq'u/wayq'o means "valley".
Pintasqa Wayq'u (hispanicized as Pintashuayc) is also the name of the mountain at {{Coord|13|20|37|S|71|55|53|W}}, at the right bank of the Willkanuta River.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=28871|title=Cerro Pintashuayco|author=|publisher=IGN, Peru|access-date=July 10, 2015|archive-date=July 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710213219/http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=28871|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Rock art in South America
Category:Archaeological sites in Peru
Category:Archaeological sites in the Department of Cusco
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