chulpa

or chull·pa

[ chool-puh ]

nounArchaeology.
  1. a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.

Origin of chulpa

1
First recorded in 1865–70; from Latin American Spanish, from Aymara chullpa

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