Purunllacta or Purum Llacta (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''purum, purun'' savage, wild / wasteland, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation) is an archaeological site of the

Chachapoya culture The Chachapoyas, also called the "Warriors of the Clouds", was a culture of the Andes living in the cloud forests of the southern part of the Department of Amazonas of present-day Peru. The Inca Empire conquered their civilization shortly bef ...

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. It is situated in the

Amazonas Region Amazonas () is a department and region in northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and San Martín on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas. With a lands ...

Chachapoyas Province Chachapoyas is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. The province of Chachapoyas was a part of the department of Trujillo (according to the supreme decree of February 12, 1821) being its capital the city of Chachapoyas. After the departme ...

, Cheto District, on the mountain of the same name.escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Chachapoyas Province (Amazonas Region) It lies northeast and near the archaeological site of

Purunllacta Purunllacta or Purum Llacta (Quechua language, Quechua ''purum, purun'' savage, wild / wasteland, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation) is an archaeological site of the Chachapoya culture in Peru. It is situated in the Amazona ...

of the

Soloco District Soloco is one of twenty-one districts of Chachapoyas Province, in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_ ...

.Olivier Fabre, Jean Loup Guyot, Rodolfo Salas Gismondi, Manuel Malaver Pizarro, Ermanno Maniero, Los chachapoya de la región de Soloco: Chaquil, del sitio de hábitat a la cueva funeraria, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Études Andines / 2008, 37 (2): 271-292. Retrieved on March 29, 2014 The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral Nacional'' No. 196-INC on April 2, 2003.

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Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in Amazonas Region Mountains of Amazonas Region {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub

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