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Isla del Sol, the Glossary

Index Isla del Sol

Isla del Sol (Spanish for "Island of the Sun") is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca.[1]

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  1. 28 relations: Andean mountain cat, Aymara language, Aymara people, Bathymetry, Bernabé Cobo, Bolivia, Carbon-14, Challapampa, Chinkana, Chivay obsidian source, Eucalyptus, Inca Empire, Inti, Jisk'a Iru Muqu, La Paz Department (Bolivia), Lake Titicaca, Lead, Ludovico Bertonio, Manco Cápac, Neutron activation analysis, Obsidian, Pachacamac, Paleoclimatology, Pillkukayna, Solar deity, Spanish language, Tiwanaku Empire, Topa Inca Yupanqui.

  2. Andean preceramic
  3. Archaeological sites in Bolivia
  4. Geography of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
  5. Islands of Lake Titicaca
  6. Lake islands of Bolivia
  7. Landforms of La Paz Department (Bolivia)

Andean mountain cat

The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,500 individuals are thought to exist in the wild.

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Aymara language

Aymara (also Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes.

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Aymara people

The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.

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Bathymetry

Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of ocean floors (seabed topography), lake floors, or river floors.

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Bernabé Cobo

Bernabé Cobo (born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October 1657) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Carbon-14

Carbon-14, C-14, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.

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Challapampa

Challapampa is a small town in Isla del Sol, Bolivia.

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Chinkana

Chinkana (Quechua for labyrinth) is an archaeological site in Bolivia situated on the Isla del Sol, an island of Lake Titicaca. Isla del Sol and Chinkana are archaeological sites in Bolivia.

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Chivay obsidian source

The Chivay obsidian source (15.6423° S, 71.5355° W, 4972 masl) is the geological origin of a chemical group of obsidian that is found throughout the south-central Andean highlands including southern Peru and western Bolivia.

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.

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Inti

Inti is the ancient Inca sun god.

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Jisk'a Iru Muqu

Jisk'a Iru Muqu (Aymara, jisk'a small, iru a type of grass, (Festuca orthophylla), muqu knot; joint of a part of the reed, also spelled Jiskairumoko, Jisk'airumoko) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site south-east of Puno, Peru. Isla del Sol and jisk'a Iru Muqu are Andean preceramic.

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La Paz Department (Bolivia)

The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants.

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Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca (Lago Titicaca; Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Ludovico Bertonio

Ludovico Bertonio (1552 in Rocca Contrada – 3 August 1625 in Lima) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to South America.

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Manco Cápac

Manco Cápac (before; Quechua: Manqu Qhapaq, "the royal founder"), also known as Manco Inca and Ayar Manco, was, according to some historians, the first governor and founder of the Inca civilization in Cusco, possibly in the early 13th century.

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Neutron activation analysis

Neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a nuclear process used for determining the concentrations of elements in many materials.

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Obsidian

Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.

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Pachacamac

Pachacámac (Pachakamaq) is an archaeological site southeast of Lima, Peru in the Valley of the Lurín River.

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Paleoclimatology

Paleoclimatology (British spelling, palaeoclimatology) is the scientific study of climates predating the invention of meteorological instruments, when no direct measurement data were available.

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Pillkukayna

Pillkukayna (other spellings Pilco Kayna, Pilcocayna, Pilko Kaina, Pilkokaina, Pillco Kayma) is an archaeological site on the shore of the island of Isla del Sol in the southern part of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. Isla del Sol and Pillkukayna are archaeological sites in Bolivia.

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Solar deity

A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Tiwanaku Empire

The Tiwanaku Polity (Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) was a Pre-Columbian polity in western Bolivia based in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin.

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Topa Inca Yupanqui

Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui ('Tupaq Inka Yupanki'), also Topa Inga Yupangui, translated as "noble Inca accountant," (before 14711493) was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty.

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See also

Andean preceramic

Archaeological sites in Bolivia

Geography of La Paz Department (Bolivia)

Islands of Lake Titicaca

Lake islands of Bolivia

Landforms of La Paz Department (Bolivia)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_del_Sol