chulpa
/chool-puh/US // ˈtʃul pə //
丘尔巴
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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Archaeology.
- : a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.
Examples
Another variety (the chulpa) was really a stone tower erected above ground, twelve to thirty feet high.
The great mass of a chulpa is solid, but within is a dome-shaped chamber, into which the opening seen in the cut leads.
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