Quriwayrachina, Anta

{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}}

{{About|the archaeological site in the Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru|other uses|Quriwayrachina (disambiguation){{!}}Quriwayrachina}}

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Quriwayrachina or Quri Wayrachina (Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold"){{Ref Simi}}Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: Huairachina is an archaeological site with agricultural terraces in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Anta Province. The terraces lie about {{convert|4|km}} north of the terraces of Zurite.{{cite web |url=http://www.drc-cusco.gob.pe/index.php/zonas-sitios-arqueologicos-anta/importancia-za-anta?showall=&start=7|title=Sitio Arqueológico de Andenes de Qoriwayrachina|author= |publisher=Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Cusco|access-date=April 2, 2014}}

Hiram Bingham III visited the site in April 1915, and by Paul Fejos in 1940{{cite book|last1=Bingham|first1=Hiram|title=Lost City of the Incas|date=1952|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|isbn=9781842125854|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lostcityofincass00bing/page/254 254-255]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lostcityofincass00bing/page/254}}