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Puruchuco
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English
Etymology
From en qu phuruchuku feather hat, from qu phuru chuku 1
Proper noun
en archaeological site city/Lima c/Peru.
en w:Nicholas Wade Those Ancient Incan Knots? Tax Accounting, Researchers Suggest w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/science/those-ancient-incan-knots-tax-accounting-researchers-suggest.html 16-08-2005 Since the quipu could represent instructions sent to the ruler of Puruchuco from the provincial governor, or accounting records sent from Puruchuco to the governor, it would have been useful for the records to carry a tag identifying the place they referred to. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126020814/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/science/those-ancient-incan-knots-tax-accounting-researchers-suggest.html 26 January 2021