Jach'a Phasa

Jach'a Phasa (Aymara, jach'a big, phasa edible earth,[2] Hispanicized spellings Jachapasa, Jachapaza, Jachaphasa, Jachcha Paza) is an archaeological site in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality, about 2 km north-east of Rosario. It is situated at a height of 4,126 metres (13,537 ft) on top of the mountain Jach'a Phasa north of the Mawri River.

Jach'a Phasa
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LocationLa Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality
RegionAndes
Coordinates17°23′47″S 68°48′13″W
TypeNecropolis
Height4126[1]

The place is covered with more than 50 chullpa and surrounded by a wall. The chullpa are constructed of stone of volcanic origin and mortar of mud and straw.

Near Jach'a Phasa there are more archaeological sites, the chullpa and the walls of Taypi Phasa (at 17°24′18″S 68°47′40″W)[1] and the walls of Thiya Phasa (Tiaphasa) as well as Ch'iyara Chullpa situated about 3 km east of Rosario, a place with 78 chullpa.

References
  1. Boliviam IGM map Rosario Hoja 5841-IV
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  • Risto Kesseli, Martti Pärssinen, Identidad étnica y muerte: torres funerarias (chullpas) como símbolos de poder étnico en el altiplano boliviano de Pakasa (1250-1600 d. C.)], p. 396 (Spanish)
  • * Michel Marcos, El Señorío prehispánico de Carangas (Publicación Digital Saberes Bolivianos 2011), p. 60 (Spanish)


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