Huayuri

Huayuri, also called the Lost City of Huayuri, is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site which flourished from 1150 to 1450 CE in the Late Intermediate Period of Peru [1]. Huayuri is located about 80 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean at an elevation of 500 metres in Santa Cruz District of Palpa Province in the Ica Region of Peru [1]. The ruins of Huayuri extend along a ravine between two flanking ridges for about 500 metres with a maximum width of the densely settled area of about 175 metres [1]. Huayuri reached its maximum population from 1150 CE to 1450 CE [1]. Archaeological evidence indicates that rainfall harvesting began at Huayuri between 1260 and 1290 CE and became impractical in the 16th century [1]. Huayuri came under the influence or control of the Inca Empire in the 1470s and possibly was still occupied when the Spanish conquest of Peru began [1].