This article is about the archaeological discovery of a door found during the 2003 excavations in the mound complex 19 Potosi, this mound is part of the Maranga, under the Rimac valley. Consider important to the discovery of this element, as there are very few specimens (an example is the door of Pachacamac), and can give us important data to explain the use of the doors in the complex Maranga. The door was associated with a adobitos passageway that led to a quadrangular enclosure painted ocher-yellow, apparently, the door is part of a rite of sealing, with burning and burial of structure. In the present article provides the results of the analysis we perform, as well as a possible interpretation of architectural and social function of the doors during the final stages of the Lima culture (Maranga).

This article is the result of surveys conducted in the middle valley of Mala, from the Annex to the Checas, Minay during the tour could identify four archaeological sites and two areas with petroglyphs have no archaeological or ethnohistorical reference. As I intend these findings contribute to better understanding and study of this part of the valley which has been long forgotten. These sites present an architecture and ceramics that can be dated as Late periods (Intermediate and Late Horizon).

La presente tesis titulada “Formas, diversidad arquitectónica e implicancias económicas en el valle medio del rio Mala; desde el Intermedio Tardío al Horizonte Tardío”, expone una aproximación a la comprensión del desarrollo arquitectónico y de su implicancia económica durante el periodo Intermedio Tardío y Horizonte Tardío a través del análisis de las formas arquitectónicas de 6 asentamientos seleccionados como muestra ubicados en el valle medio del rio Mala. Esta comprensión conlleva a poder identificar manifestaciones sociales tales como organización social, economía y cosmovisión; así como modificaciones o vinculaciones arquitectónicas ocasionadas por la llegada de influencias externas dominantes (ocupación Inca). Durante el Intermedio Tardío, se identifica también la existencia de una gran diversidad de elementos y formas arquitectónicas pertenecientes a g...