With the collapse of Wari influence in the Cajamarca region the number of settlements first dropped, but then gradually increased by the "Final Cajamarca" phase (1250–1532). Cajamarca maintained its prestige, as shown by the influence its ceramics still had on the coast. During the "Final Cajamarca" phase settlements like Guzmango Viejo or Tantarica in the western slopes of the cordillera to the coast, as well as Santa Delia in the Cajamarca Valley became particularly large (> 20ha). These centers have a larger number of clearly distinguishable elite residential units as well as a greater number of fine ceramics than any earlier sites. It is clear that they are top ranked settlements in the region. At least the centers of the upper sections of the coastal valleys to the west probably benefited from their strategic location in relation first to Sican and later to Chimu. Scholars interpret the changes of the "Final Cajamarca" phase as evidence of a renewed prosperity and integration of the region.