chulpa or chull·pa [chool-puh] ExamplesWord Origin noun Archaeology.
- a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.
Origin of chulpa American Spanish Aymara chullpa Examples from the Web for chulpa Historical Examples of chulpa
The great mass of a chulpa is solid, but within is a dome-shaped chamber, into which the opening seen in the cut leads.
E. A. Allen
Another variety (the chulpa) was really a stone tower erected above ground, twelve to thirty feet high.
The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
Robert E. Anderson