Social, Political and Ideological aspects

Considering building and occupational evidence (livelihoods, surplus production and exchange relations), it is possible to infer some aspects of the social structure that supported Lurihuasi urban center.

Social

Based on the functional variability of the monumental and non-monumental buildings -where spaces for specialized, administrative and worship activities stand out, together with differentiated residential domestic areas- it is possible to infer the diverse social positions of the dwellers. It has been proposed that specialist would have occupied the settlement’s major buildings, such as the Major Public Pyramidal building H1 (Subsector H1), Minor Public Pyramidal building F1 (Subsector F1), Public

Pyramidal building E2 (subsector E2), Minor Public building M (Subsector M) and Minor Public building G1 (Subsector G1).

On the sides of these monumental buildings, they implemented: Residential Unit E1 (Subsector E1) attached to the Public Pyramidal building E2, Residential Unit B (Subsector B); Residential Unit A1 (Subsector A1).

Political

Lurihuasi residents have participated in the socio-political and economic dynamics of the residents of the Sacred City of Caral, who were only three kilometer away to the east of the site.

Economic welfare and the power of authorities, over many centuries, is evidenced in the monumental architecture planning, construction and reconstruction; furthermore, in the large amounts of food remains, deposited as offerings in the building.

Ideological

Out of the recovered materials, associated to offerings and ritual ceremonies, both in public buildings and in the residences, it is inferred that religious ideology played a significant role in this settlement.