Muchik

The Muchik group centres on the Xllang, the people of the Sicán, or Lambayeque, culture, who succeeded the Moche in the river valleys of the Peruvian north coast around Chiclayo from about 750 to 1375. They spoke Muchik, later called Mochica or Yunga. Their religious capital at Batán Grande flourished between 900 and 1100, and after its temples were burned a new capital rose at Túcume.

The Lambayeque polities still ruled their valleys in 1337, but Chimor ended their independence around 1375. Farther south in the Chillón valley lived the Collique and the Canta, whom the Inca subdued. Fernando de la Carrera printed the Arte de la lengua yunga in 1644.