Beyond the Book
The Chacapoyas
Jackson's search for La Joya
(pronounced la hoi-ya) is a search any of us could embark
on, but we might find it more expedient to visit one of the
easier to locate
Chachapoya sites. The Chachapoyas, the Warriors of the
Clouds, lived in the Andes in what is now Northern Peru -
and La Joya, one of many ruined Chachapoyan cities, can be
visited today along with other ancient sites (map
of the region). It is believed that the Chachapoyas
tribe lived in the region from about the 9th-10th century.
They were conquered by the Incas in the 16th century who
gave them the name 'chachapoyas'; their original name is
unknown....
