An Inca provincial capital in the Peruvian Andes. The main town included a high-status residence, military garrison, and a compound probably for the 'Chosen Women'. A Spanish census report allowed the archaeologists to identify the villages occupied by the various conquered groups who paid tribute to the Incas at Huánuco. Each local group had its own style of pottery and architecture, which did not occur in the Inca town. Imperial Inca styles of pottery and building were confined to Huánuco.