EARLY INTERMEDIATE PERIOD AND MIDDLE HORIZON 1B CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGES OF HUAMACHUCO, NORTH HIGHLANDS, PERU

Abstract

The province of Huamachuco is situated in the Department of La Libertad, in the north highlands of Peru. The town of Huamachuco lies at an elevation of 3160 meters above sea level, 180 kilometers east of the coastal city of Trujillo. As an archaeological region, Huamachuco has been little known except for two large sites, Marca Huamachuco and Wiraqocha Pampa, which have frequently been mentioned in general writings on Peruvian prehistoric sites.* The first archaeological study of the region was carried out by Max Uhle in 1900 when he conducted limited excavations and gathered an artifact collection for the University of California. An account of Uhle1s work was never published, and the only data available are the collection itself and Uhle1s fieldnotes, both deposited in the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology in Berkeley.