To date, several pyramids have been uncovered;
archaeologists have identified at least 17 pyramids (many of them irreversibly
damaged by the El NiƱo weather
phenomenon). Besides pyramids, the site had a cemetery and multicolored fresco
of fish from the Early Intermediate period (c. 200-600 CE). Later, the Huari
(c. 600-800 CE) constructed the city, probably using it as an administrative
center. A number of Huari-influenced designs appear on the structures and on
the ceramics and textiles found in the cemeteries of this period. After the
collapse of