Purum Llaqta, Cheto

Purum Llaqta

Location	Peru
Region	Amazonas Region, Chachapoyas Province, Cheto District
Coordinates	6°17′6.4″S 77°42′46.6″W / 6.285111°S 77.712944°WCoordinates: 6°17′6.4″S 77°42′46.6″W / 6.285111°S 77.712944°W

Purum Llaqta, Purumllaqta, Purun Llaqta or Purun Llaqta (Quechua purum, purun savage, wild / wasteland, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation)^[1][2] hispanicized spellings Purum Llacta, Purun Llacta, Purumllacta, Purunllacta) is an archaeological site of the Chachapoya culture in Peru. It is situated in the Amazonas Region, Chachapoyas Province, Cheto District, on the mountain Purum Llaqta (Purunllacta).^[3][4] It lies northeast and near the archaeological site of Purum Llaqta of the Soloco District.^[5]

The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 196-INC on April 2, 2003.^[3]

See also

• Machu Pirqa
• Quchapampa

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
3. "Complejo Arqueológico Purun Llacta o Monte Purivian". mincetur. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Chachapoyas Province (Amazonas Region) showing the mountain Purum Llaqta (Purunllacta)
5. 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