Caraybamba is a town in Apurimac that keeps alive many ancient cultural traditions. The investigations have revelated a long cultural occupation with Aymaraes influences at the top of the mountains that dated back to the Late Intermedium. The later invasion of Tahuantinsuyo implies the improvement of the andenes and the construction of new places like Allaqmarca and Wishkashuta with administrative control purposes.

It details the discovery of an early colonial document, for a ceremony to extirpate idolatry, from an archaeological excavation unit on the raised platform of Sector B, the Archaeological Complex of Lumbra in 2008. This archaeological findings allows us to have information about the context and how these ceremonies were developed in the archbishopric of Lima.

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The results of the analysis of the animal bone material from excavations at the archaeological complex of Lumbra (Sector A and B), Season 2012-2013 are presented. As a result of these tests it was determined that the highest percentage of remains are those of camelids (llamas, alpacas), which reveals the great use of these animals not only for food but also for the use of its fiber for textile purposes of bones and artifacts to develop as a means of transportation and communication.

This article presents a historical overview of the importance of guinea pigs in the peasant communities of the upper Chancay - Huaral river basin. This importance remains valid from the prehispanic period of the Late Intermediate (Atavillos culture), as it is appreciated in the archaeological evidences recovered in places like Rupac, Marca Piche, Purunmarca and Araro; Sites investigated with excavations in the last five years. Ethnohistoric sources also refer to the importance of this animal in the indigenous communities of the different parishes. At present, the importance of the guinea pig remains in force in the high Andean communities of the province of Huaral, with medicinal and nutritional purposes.

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In this paper we realize the discovery and analysis of a lithic axes development workshop in Lower Huallaga, in Ushpapangal site, which is perhaps the first lithic workshop specialized in this type of device reported to date in the Peruvian Amazon. Emphasis is placed on the technological aspects of the production and the economic and social implications of their exchange, in an interregional perspective.

The state of Tawantinsuyu got to include in its maximum expansion, almost the entire territory of the Andes. To achieve this magnificent expansion had to absorb the different sociopolitical entities occupying the Andes at different latitudes. This situation was made possible by implementing a series of political domination strategies, applied according to the socio cultural reality of each. The territory of the nation Aymaraes (Late Intermediate) was no exception. After the annexation of Aymaraes, new settlements built Tawantinsuyu control and other ancient founded by Aymaraes be reoccupied.

This article presents the diagnosis of a case of bone cancer in a human individual from the Chancay culture recovered in the funeral area of Cerro Colorado, southern end of the valley of Huaura. Cerro Colorado is a vast archaeological complex consisting of several sectors among which: the Tambo Tawantinsuyu, the walled sector and extensive funerary area, occupied now many human settlements and housing associations.

This article presents the characteristics of the sites associated with pictographs or quillqas funeral chullpas type structures that exist in the jurisdiction of the people and Rural Community Yamor in the district of Antonio Raymondi. These quillqas were drawn on the walls of large rocky cliffs, at different heights relative to the surface, painted with oxide of iron in large amounts around Yamor.

The upper basin of the river Chancay-Huaral, Atavillos occupied by the pre-Hispanic culture in late periods, is an almost unknown territory, despite the existence of numerous settlements of great importance as Rupac, Chiprac, Añay, Cachirmarca, among others. San Miguel de Vichaycocha farming community is the highest altitude in the basin, bordering the province of Huayllay via Antajirca Range area where interactions between Atavillos and other peoples as Chinchaycocha, Yaros, etc. were performed In the area of this community there are numerous settlements Atavillos, the most important of Purunmarca, where research with excavations of the 2014 season helped identify areas of multiple activity, as well as the characteristics of the funerary contexts.

The characteristics of a funerary context of the Middle Horizon recovered from the funerary complex of Cerro Colorado, at the southern end of the valley of Huaura is presented. Between 2014 and 2015 the Archaeological Research Project Chancay-Huaral-Atavillos, managed to dig more than 2,000 funerary contexts of this vast funerary complex, the largest in Peru’s central coast.

The results of archaeological research carried out in the archaeological complex of Rupac, the most monumental site in the Lima region, but until now one of the most unknown is presented. Rupac has a continuous occupation in the late pre-Hispanic period, defined by the development of culture in its independent Atavillos stage (Late Intermediate) and under the rule of Tawantinsuyu (Late Horizon). Rupac dominates the Kullpi, funeral mausoleums buildings by way of a tripartite organization, within which and around conducting activities in honor of the ancestors type architecture.

Se presentan los resultados de las investigaciones con excavaciones en el sitio arqueológico Castillo de Pasamayo, un sitio caracterizado por presentar tres murallas circundantes. En los últimos años se ha identificado en los valles de Chancay y Huaura numerosos sitios de estas características, por lo que la información que presentamos aporta a la comprensión del patrón espacial, constructivo y funcionalidad.

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We present the results of investigations carried out in early2009 at the archaeological site of Cerro Macatón, one of the most important sites in the lower valley of the river Chancay-Huaral. This site, consisting of a large funeral with a sector area with residential architecture has been the most extensive area of valley funeral. Excavations allowed us to identify several funerary contexts in which the recurrence was the placement of individuals with in bales, which is an opportunity to know their characteristics.

The results of archaeological research conducted in the locality of Pacarán, half the Cañete River Valley are presented. As a result of these investigations was identified sites corresponding to two periods of occupation: Late Intermediate represented by a socio-political entity known as Runaguanac and Tawantinsuyu.

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