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[[File:Intihuatana, Machu Picchu.jpg|thumb|Intihuatana (the corner broken by
'''Intihuatana''' is a [[ritual]] stone in [[South America]] associated with the [[astronomy|astronomic]] clock or calendar of the [[Inca society|Inca]]. Its name is derived from the local [[Quechua languages|Quechua language]]. The most notable [[Intihuatana (Písac)|Intihuatana]] is an archaeological site located at [[Písac]] in the Sacred Valley near [[Machu Picchu]], [[Peru]]. The name of the stone (coined perhaps by [[Hiram Bingham III |Hiram Bingham]]) is derived from Quechua: ''inti'' means "sun", and ''wata-'' is the verb root "to tie, hitch (up)" (''huata-'' is simply a Spanish spelling). The Quechua ''-na'' suffix derives nouns for tools or places. Hence ''inti watana'' is literally an instrument or place to "tie up the sun", often expressed in English as "The Hitching Post of the Sun".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html|title=Machu Picchu|publisher=Sacred Sites|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref>
==Damaged==
Intihuatana was damaged on September 8, 2000 when a crane being used in an ad shoot toppled over and chipped off a piece of the granite.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=82627|title=Peasants Protest at Machu Picchu|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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