In pre-Hispanic Huarochirí of later periods (Late Intermediate and Late Horizon) the sense of membership of an ethnic identity of the Andean peoples is based on the cult of the hero camac mythical-paqarina or founder (mythical character whose exploits, achievements and projects hydraulic and / or agricultural transform the old times and order in which they were immersed in a new community where the community acquires a greater power in the Andean territory, so generations of community members is considered a descendant of the mythical hero ) the presence of cult Huallallo Carhuincho Apu Apu Pariaqaqa and then, becomes in this context the conciliator gear and justifier of the ancient relationships and conflicts of ancestral communities, which are imposed on the territory by the efforts of prehistoric peoples they expand their influence and / or control of territory. Since this approach d...

El coleccionismo osteológico sucedido entre fines siglo XIX y principios del XX en la provincia de Huarochirí, el cual recuperara grandes cantidades de cráneos prehispánicos de sitios arqueológicos de la provincia, ha impedido estudiar con precisión el contexto temporal y las motivaciones involucradas en la práctica de las trepanaciones craneanas en los Andes centrales. El hallazgo in situ de muchos cráneos trepanados en machay de la Quebrada de Carnacha, cuenca media alta del Rímac, provincia de Huarochirí abre la posibilidad de precisar este estudio. Durante el año 2020 el PIAQC excavó el machay de Mayguayqui, margen izquierda de la quebrada de Carnacha, distrito de San Andrés de Tupicocha, recuperando evidencia en contexto de ejemplares de cráneos trepanados. La presente tesis aborda el tema puntual de la temporalidad y las motivaciones para trepanar cráneos prehispáni...

Ocros Province is one of the largest in the department of Ancash, in the ten districts presenting more than 500 archaeological sites of dierent periods, unfortunately so far not been investigated. e Study Group Ñawpaq Qastiquna department of Archaeology of San Marcos has begun work on archaeological survey in the province of Ocros, identifying a total of 45 archaeological sites of which 80% of the data is presented.

Ocros Province is one of the largest in the department of Ancash, in the ten districts presenting more than 500 archaeological sites of dierent periods, unfortunately so far not been investigated. e Study Group Ñawpaq Qastiquna department of Archaeology of San Marcos has begun work on archaeological survey in the province of Ocros, identifying a total of 45 archaeological sites of which 80% of the data is presented.