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HistoryThe capullanas: government by Tallán women
The capullanas, Tallán women who ruled entire valleys with full civil and military authority, astonished the first European chroniclers in 1532.
Época Prehispánica y Cultura Tumpis
The Tallán chiefdoms and their hydraulic engineering (700–1500)
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Entre el 700 y el 1500 d. C., los valles del Chira y Piura estuvieron bajo la hegemonía de la nación Tallán, un conglomerado de señoríos y curacazgos autónomos: Poechos, Marcavelica, Tangarará y Amotape en el Chira; Catacaos, Sechura y Colán en el Piura. Construyeron acequias, canales de derivación y represas como la de Coscomba para vencer la aridez, irrigando algodón, maíz, frijol y zapallo. Sus centros ceremoniales como Narihualá, Huaca Sojo y Huangalá albergaban el culto a deidades como Walac y Watan.
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