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Huaca Santa Catalina is an archaeological site located at Jirón Pascual Saco Oliveros 875,[1] between Miguel Checa and Pascual Saco streets, in the neighbourhood of Santa Catalina, in La Victoria District, Lima, Peru.[2] It's one of the few remains of the Qhapaq Ñan (the Inca road system) that exist in the city.[3]

It was an important meeting point for the two cultures that inhabited it, the Ychsmas and the Incas.[4] For three centuries, these cultures settled in the Lurín and Rímac valleys, being expert farmers, and developing large-scale fishing and trade. It was also an important place of worship and exploration.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Aniversario de La Victoria: conoce la histórica huaca que el distrito alberga". El Comercio. 2022-02-02.
  2. ^ Cornejo Guerrero, Miguel Antonio (2004). "Pachacamac y el canal de Guatca en el bajo Rímac". Arqueología de la Costa Central del Perú en los Periodos Tardíos. 33 (3): 783–814. doi:10.4000/bifea.5362.
  3. ^ "Conoce la huaca Santa Catalina en La Victoria". Museos en Línea. Cultura para Lima. 2015-12-09.
  4. ^ Taller de arte y arqueología en la Huaca Santa Catalina. Guía para docentes (in Spanish). Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima. 2013.
  5. ^ Espinoza Angulo, Jimmy (2010). Perfil de proyecto: acondicionamiento de los servicios turísticos para la visita a la Huaca Santa Catalina – distrito de La Victoria (in Spanish).
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