The elites were the mediators between the common people and the Sican Deity, as the Sican Deity was the mediator between nature and the Sican people (Jennings 2008).
В сочетании с засухой, которая явно ослабила сельское хозяйство региона, терпимость населения упала, тогдашняя элита потерпела крах (Sican 2007).