Ayarmaca

The Ayarmaca ethnic group resurfaced from the remains of the Wari culture approximately in the 13th century.

The Ayarmaca territory occupied the entire north and northwest of Department of Cusco, including Chinchero, Ollantaytambo, Calca, Chita and Písac, while the Pinagua occupied the eastern towns of Quispicancha, Pikillaqta Sailla and even the Lucre Lake.

It is currently reduced to a small space that is called the Ayarmaca neighborhood, in the San Sebastián district.

The Ayarmaca ethnic group, as seen in its geographical domains larger and more influential than any other nearby manor, maintained wars with other kingdoms including the Incas, with whom they fought from its beginnings until the emergence of Sapa Inca Pachacuti, that is, for 2 centuries.

At the end of the 14th century, a people on the way to becoming an empire threatened the Ayarmacas in the south and west, it was the Chankas.