In every valley of the foothills, there are villages. And, even though is unknown the way these villages were exactly organized, could be possible that they were related to each other. Based on the census since 1776, it is noticeable that there are last names (or family names) that ‘predominate’ in each of these communities. What makes us think that their social organization could have been just inside the valley, and not from one valley to another, during the pre-Hispanic era.   

The ‘family’ concept, for these Andean cultures, was different from the concept we have nowadays. With the arrival of the Spaniards to South America, the concept of ‘Holy Family’ was adopted. To determine how families were conformed before that is complicated, so relations between the villages are not clear. Even though the Qhapaq Ñan linked them, it is not correct to say if they were politically related.