Purunllacta
or Purum Llacta
(
Quechua ''purum, purun'' savage, wild / wasteland, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation) is an archaeological site of the
Chachapoya culture in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It is situated in the
Amazonas Region,
Chachapoyas Province,
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 of the
Soloco District.
[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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See also
* Machu Pirqa
* Quchapampa
References
Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in Amazonas Region
Mountains of Amazonas Region
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