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.[2]
oyotún, district, twenty, districts, province, chiclayo, peru, oyotúndistrictcountry, peruregionlambayequeprovincechiclayofoundednovember, 1925capitaloyotúngovernment, mayorsegundo, manuel, aguinaga, perezarea, total455, elevation209, population, 2005, census,. Oyotun District is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru 1 OyotunDistrictCountry PeruRegionLambayequeProvinceChiclayoFoundedNovember 23 1925CapitalOyotunGovernment MayorSegundo Manuel Aguinaga PerezArea Total455 4 km2 175 8 sq mi Elevation209 m 686 ft Population 2005 census Total10 302 Density23 km2 59 sq mi Time zoneUTC 5 PET UBIGEO140110Archaeology editIn 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 2 References edit in Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica Banco de Informacion Distrital Archived 2008 04 23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 11 2008 November 2019 Yasemin Saplakoglu Staff Writer 20 Archaeologists Discover 3 000 Year Old Megalithic Temple Used by a Water Cult livescience com Retrieved 2020 09 17 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link nbsp This Lambayeque Region geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte 6 50 S 79 18 W 6 833 S 79 300 W 6 833 79 300 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oyotun District amp oldid 978856465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
