Huaca Santa Catalina

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]

Huaca Santa Catalina

Location	Santa Catalina, Lima
History
Cultures	Ichma, Inca

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]

See also

• Ichma culture
• Inca Empire

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).