Cajamarca ceramics achieved their greatest prestige and widest distribution during "Middle Cajamarca" subphase B (700-900), coinciding with Moche demise and dominance of the Wari empire in Peru. "Middle Cajamarca" prestige ceramics have been found at a great deal of Wari sites, as far as southern-frontier Wari sites such as the city of Pikillacta located in Cusco region. Moreover, the construction of the north coastal settlement of Cerro Chepen, a massive terraced mountain city-fortress in Moche territory is attributed to an apparent joint effort between Wari and Cajamarca polities to ruler over this area of Peru.