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    evaporation. Puquios are found in the coastal deserts of southern Peru, especially in the Nazca region, and northern Chile. Forty-three puquios in the Nazca...
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    environment. The exact date of construction of the puquios has been debated for some time. Dating of the puquios is quite difficult because of the materials...
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  • Puquio (from Quechua: Pukyu, meaning "spring of water") is a town in Central Peru, South America. It is the capital of the province Lucanas in the region...
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    Nazca (category Localities irrigated by puquios)
    additional underground aqueducts, named puquios, in a regional system that still functions today. The first puquios are believed to have been built by the...
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    the city. They are part of a system of aqueducts of the same type called puquios that were built by the pre-Inca civilization of Nazca about 1,500 years...
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  • irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese island of Madeira Puquios, underground water systems in Chile and Peru Roman aqueduct, water supply...
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    supply similar to that of the qanats, called puquios, was developed. Most archaeologists believe that the puquios are indigenous and date to about 500 CE,...
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    Peruvian town of Nazca, an ancient pre-Columbian system of aqueducts called Puquios were built and are still in use today. They were made of intricately placed...
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  • about 10 kilometers south of the nearby oases of Matilla and Pica. As the puquios of Pica and Matilla tap the Pica Aquifer, it is thought that the hydraulic...
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    Cheqollo Chichakuri Chipaw Marka Choquepuquio Choquequirao Choquequirao Puquio Churajón Chuya Cochabamba Cochapata Colcampata Collor Condorcaga Cota Coca...
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