Guayacundo

The Guayacundo people occupied the highlands of northern Peru, where settled communities practised agriculture and crafts and maintained contacts with both the coast and the forested lands to the east. Their territory included Caxas, an Inca centre established after the conquest of the region by Túpac Yupanqui. From there the Inca state administered part of its northern dominions; the Guayacundos themselves served the empire in positions of responsibility.