Like most of northern Peru, the territory of Piura has been
inhabited by their autochthonous group of natives called tallanes and yungas. These lived without an organization or single leader to
rule until the Muchik culture eventually took control, and the mixture of these
evolved into the Vicús culture. Centuries later, Piura came under the rule of Tupac
Inca Yupanqui for at least 40 years, and before the Spanish arrived.
With the arrival of the Spanish in 1532, the
