Ayacucho
Huamanga Province
Pacaycasa District

Pikimachay

Piki Mach'ay is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of . Radiocarbon dating from this cave indicates a human presence ranging from 22,200 to 14,700 years ago, but this evidence has been disputed and a more conservative date of 12,000 years BCE seems possible.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chanchara and Quinua.

Hamlet
is a town in , it is located at 13°3'0S 74°16'0W and has an altitude of 2734 metres. is situated 6 km southwest of Pikimachay.

Town
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is a small town in in the province of Huamanga, in 's central highland department of , 37 km from the city of Huamanga, at an altitude of 3,300 meters, which today serves as the administrative capital of the district of the same name. is situated 10 km east of Pikimachay.

Pikimachay

Latitude
-13.03862° or 13° 2′ 19″ south
Longitude
-74.22838° or 74° 13′ 42″ west
Open location code
57R7XQ6C+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1938233489
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q2989612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Pikimachay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيكي ماتشاي”
  • French: “Pikimachay”
  • Georgian: “პიკიმაჩაი”
  • Georgian: “პიკიმაჩაუ”
  • Hebrew: “פיקימצ’אי”
  • Lithuanian: “Pikimačajus”
  • Lithuanian: “Pikmačajus”
  • Portuguese: “Piquimachay”
  • Quechua: “Piki Mach’ay”
  • Quechua: “Pikimach’ay”
  • Quechua: “Pikimachay”
  • Russian: “Пикимачай”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Piquimachay”
  • Spanish: “Pikimachay”
  • Spanish: “Piquimachay”
  • Turkish: “Pikimachay”

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