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Kuntur Wasi
About 1100 B.C. the Kuntur Wasi ceremonial center with tiered
platforms and burial structures was built atop La Copa Mountain. There are
lithosculptures related to Cupisnique and Chavín de Huántar. The term
«Kuntur Wasi» comes from Quechua and means «house of the condor». The
ceremonial center has been renovated and modified several times. Several
burials with numerous offerings such as gold, pottery, stone and bone
jewelry and snail shells have been discovered beneath the temple floor.
The local museum houses the golden objects found by the Japanese research
team, such as necklaces, crowns, ear ornaments, breast ornaments, as well
as small trophy heads of figures from the Chavin, Cupisnique, Kuntur Wasi,
and Jequetepeque iconographies.
Geographical location
36 km (as the crow flies) west of Cajamarca, road connection: 73 km.
2300 m.
Average high and low temperature
January: 27 °C / 10
°C, February: 26 °C
/ 10 °C, March: 26 °C
/ 11 °C, April: 26 °C
/ 10 °C, May: 27 °C
/ 8 °C, June: 28 °C
/ 7 °C, July: 28 °C
/ 7 °C, August: 28 °C
/ 7 °C, September: 28 °C
/ 8 °C, October: 27 °C
/ 10 °C, November: 27 °C
/ 10 °C, December: 27 °C
/ 10 °C.
Source of statistical data: NOAA.
Photos: ANDINA.
PTW-CAJ005
1 day
Full day tour to Kuntur Wasi archaeological site at La Copa
mountain in San Pablo Province (2300 m).
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