Pausa, Peru
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Pausa | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Pausa | |
| Coordinates: 15°16′47″S 73°20′45″W / 15.27972°S 73.34583°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Paucar del Sara Sara |
| District | Pausa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Felix Rosenthal Quispe |
| Elevation | 2,524 m (8,281 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Pausa (Quechua Pawsa an S-shaped curvilinear design[1]) is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in the region Ayacucho.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Grieder, Terence; Farmer, James D.; Hill, David V.; Stahl, Peter W.; Ubelaker, Douglas H. (2010-01-01). Art and Archaeology of Challuabamba, Ecuador. University of Texas Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-292-77912-9.
The S-design is known first on Challuabamba pottery of the fourth millennium BC, where it may have had symbolism connected with female fertility (Doyon 1977:110), but it survives in modern Peru under the Quechua name pawsa, a fertility symbol often represented on women's shawls in what is called the shawl of the Earth Mother, her pawsa lliklla.
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 13, 2008
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