Chiquia

Chiquia stands high above the Lauricocha River in the central Peruvian Andes. Its stone buildings include watchpoints, circular dwellings with enclosures and rectangular structures, built using local rock and mud. The earliest recognised occupation belongs to the late pre-Inca period, between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. From this elevated position, the inhabitants could look over the surrounding high valleys and the routes through the mountains of Huánuco.