Waricoto

Huaricoto lies above the Santa River near Marcará in the highlands of Áncash. Its earliest ceremonial buildings date from long before the Inca Empire. Excavations revealed a sequence of hearths associated with ritual, as well as successive changes to a platform that eventually became a small temple. The site belongs to the ancient history of the Callejón de Huaylas, a valley enclosed by the great mountain ranges of northern Peru.