La toponimia indígena en la cuenca del río Chicama (Perú)

The Chicama river lies north of river Moche and south of river Jequetepeque and the city of Cajamarca. Among the indigenous languages spoken in this region Yunka, Kullic, Muchic and Quechua had the greatest influence. A number of words exists that originate from other local languages like designated Chicama B. This study includes observations on indigenous depository of toponymics. This is followed by an attempt to reconstruct the history of presence of different indigenous ethnic groups. This includes spatial allocations of vocabularies.