Oyotun District
Archaeology
In November 2019, Peruvian archaeologists led by Walter Alva discovered a 3,000-year-old, 130 feet long megalithic 'water cult' temple with 21 tombs in the Zana Valley. Archaeologists assumed that the temple was abandoned around 250 BC and later used as a burial ground by the Chumy people. Twenty of the tombs belonged to the people of Chumy, and one to an adult male buried during the Formative period with a ceramic bottle with two spouts and a bridge handle. According to the excavations, as many as three construction phases took place in the temple: the first was between 1500 BC-800 BC, when people built the foundations of the building from cone-shaped clay; second, between 800 BC-400 BC, when the megalithic temple was built under the influence of the pre-Inca civilization known as the Chavin; and finally 400 BC-100 BC, when people added circular pillars used to hold the roof of the temple.
Climate
| Climate data for Oyotún, elevation 187 m (614 ft), (1991−2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.6 (85.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39.3 (1.55) |
86.7 (3.41) |
109.3 (4.30) |
36.3 (1.43) |
7.2 (0.28) |
2.9 (0.11) |
1.5 (0.06) |
0.7 (0.03) |
4.2 (0.17) |
6.3 (0.25) |
7.2 (0.28) |
14.1 (0.56) |
315.7 (12.43) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for El Espinal, Oyotún, elevation 371 m (1,217 ft), (1991) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.4 (63.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 34.6 (1.36) |
93.5 (3.68) |
120.8 (4.76) |
59.8 (2.35) |
17.3 (0.68) |
5.1 (0.20) |
3.4 (0.13) |
2.2 (0.09) |
7.2 (0.28) |
13.0 (0.51) |
11.7 (0.46) |
17.7 (0.70) |
386.3 (15.2) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ Saplakoglu, Yasemin (November 20, 2019). "Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Megalithic Temple Used by a 'Water Cult'". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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