Tallán was the first ethnic group that settled in the plains of north-western Peru

Peru

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, an ethnos with a matriarchal system. They had migrated to the coastal plains from the Sierra and in the beginning lived in behetrias, which were simple settlements without a head or an organization.

Narihualá (17 km south of Piura

Piura

Piura is a city in northwestern Peru. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. The population is 377,496.It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro founded the third Spanish city in South America and first in Peru, San Miguel de Piura, in July 1532...

) is considered the capital of the Tallán Nation and is the most important architectural evidence of a great monument, both in its size and the prominent platforms of two pyramids. The Narihualá Temple was built as a sanctuary in the honour of the Tacllán god Walac.

Later the Tacllán territory was invaded by the Mochica and the Chimu. Tacllán in north-western Peru today is the name of an agricultural tool with a running board.

Huaca El Loro, near Chiclayo, Peru is a Tallán archaeological site, where a 1000-year-old mummy of a nobleman was discovered.