Marca Huamachuco

Large Early Intermediate Period and Middle Horizon site located in the northern highlands of Peru near the ruins of Viracochapampa. It was the center of a major polity, the site consisting of a complex of circular and rectangular multi-story buildings of cut stone and surrounded by a stone wall. The center appears to have been important as early as Huari times and to have had some Chimu affiliations. It survived well enough to have been revised and remodeled by the Inca.

An important regional centre located in the northern highlands of Peru near the ruins of Viracocha Pampa. The site consists of a complex of circular and rectangular multi-storey buildings in cut stone (10-metre high walls still stand) and is surrounded by a stone wall 1 km long and 4 metres high. Early construction dates to the latter part of the Early Intermediate Period. The centre appears to have been important as early as Huari times, and to have had some Chimu affiliations. It survived well enough to have been revised and remodelled by the Inca.