Huaca

In the Quechuan languages of South America, a Wak'a or huaca is an object that represents something revered, typically a monument of some kind. The term Wak'a can refer to natural locations, such as immense rocks. Some Wak'as have been associated with veneration and ritual. The Quechua people traditionally believed every object has a physical presence and two camaquen (spirits), one to create it and another to animate it. They would invoke its spirits for the object to function.