• Figure 2.2. This early sketch map of the señorío of Huarco uses numbered circles to indicate prominent landmarks: #1 is Cerro Azul, #2 Cerro del Oro, #3 Huaca Chivato, #4 the Fortress of Ungará, #5 Fortaleza de Palo, #6 Palacio de Herbay or Tambo de Locos, #7 Cancharí, #8 Colonial tambo or Venta de Manta, #9 Templo del Sol, #10 Tambo de Lloclla, #11 San Francisco Convent, #12 San Agustín Convent, #13 Cerro de los Celosos, #14 Paso de las Ovejas, #15 hermita de Santa Bárbara, #16 Tierras de la Fortaleza, #17 Tierras de la Rinconada, #18 Ungará cemetery, #19 Herbay cemetery, and #20 Cerro Tinajero. A line of plus signs (+++) indicates the defensive wall delimiting the polity. Lines of dots (…..) indicate roads, such as the route to Lunahuaná and the coastal road to Chincha. Also featured are canals (acequias), cornfields (chacras), and lands (tierras). 

Map of the senorio of Huarco

From The Burials of Cerro Azul, Peru by Joyce Marcus

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  • Latin American Studies
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