chulpa









chulpa


chulpa or chull·pa [chool-puh] ExamplesWord Origin noun Archaeology.

  1. 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.

    The Prehistoric World

    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

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