Associated Archaeological Site: Ushnu Saraguro Code: EC-CT-23/CS-2011 The pre-Inca

archaeological site, located in the “Las Lagunas” sector, is Ushnu, a rocky hill cut with four
access steps at the top of which there is a small shelf circularly sculpted with an orifice in the
centre. Its function, possibly, is ceremonial, where a large quantity of surface cultural material
is found

Segment: Caragshillo – Cañaro – Tuncarta Code: EC-CT-23/CS-2011 Location Country: Ecuador

Province: Loja Canton: Saraguro Parishes: Saraguro, Urdaneta

The Cerro Caragshillo – Cañaro – Tuncarta segment is located at 2,783m, is 6,980.17m long and
varies between 0.50m and 7.50m wide. The road is divided into four sections unified by their
design, where four types of road can be seen. These roads are: enclosed by walls, short-sloped
shelf, excavated, elevated paving, earth and stone along a route which adapts to the
morphology of the land, which is straight, curved and winding. Its walls are, on average, 0.80
metres wide and their height varies between 0.30m and 1.90 m. In this section the province of
Loja is located in the Saraguro canton and the parishes of Urdaneta and Saraguro.