A Deposit of Silver Aquillas from the Site of Punrun Llacta de Soloco, Amazonas, Peru

Abstract

This report examines the deposit of a sixteenth-century cache of silver aquillas within a Chachapoya household at the site of Purun Llacta de Soloco. The report examines their context and contents. These findings have implications for a larger examination of social value in Andean societies and the specialized treatment and use of ritual objects during the tumultuous colonial period.