Abstract
The Peruvian Middle Horizon (ca. AD 540–900) is characterized by the first appearance of imperialism in the Andes. During this period, the Huari of the central highlands Ayacucho region expanded their territory into many parts of the sierra and adjacent coast. In the southern highlands, in the Cuzco Valley, they built the monumental complex of Pikillacta. Extensive excavations at Pikillacta by Gordon McEwan (1984, 1991a), and analysis of the site’s pottery by the author (1996), have pointed to Pikillacta as the principal Huari administrative center of the region. Because of its size and the concentration of research at Pikillacta, other smaller Cuzco Huari sites were believed to have supported Pikillacta’s maintenance and operation.
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Glowacki, M. (2002). The Huaro Archaeological Site Complex. In: Isbell, W.H., Silverman, H. (eds) Andean Archaeology I. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0639-3_9
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