This article shows the results of the late pre-Hispanic settlement of the upper Qaracha basin in the dissected plateau of the central region of Ayacucho (3000 – 4000 meters above sea level). The archaeological record made it possible to evaluate the extension and diversity of the high Andean territorial occupation at a local scale and its relationship with the ecological environment. The late settlement of this territory was concentrated in large villages that generally have a central habitable nucleus with stone architecture. The habitable nucleus present homogeneous patterns of construction technology and spatial design of large housing complexes with corrals, terraces and funeral structures. The territorial function of the villages is discussed and it is proposed that this type of settlements constitute tangible evidence to characterize a model of village life and pre-Hispanic terri...

In this article we explain in a synthesized way part of the pre-Hispanic cultural process of the upper basin of the Ica river, with greater emphasis we treat the Late Intermediate Period (chukurpus) and Late Horizon (Inca) (1100 AD - 1532 AD). We specify the topics and evidence to determine changes in each period through the material correlate. The cultural elements, movable and immovable property, and the methods for the accumulation of empirical data, were the research instruments to define the diversity of cultural manifestations, exposed during the archaeological excavation at the Chukurpus Archaeological Site.