Bosque de Pómac Historic Sanctuary ( es, Santuario Histórico Bosque de Pómac) is a protected area in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

located in the region of Lambayeque. This area preserves part of the Tumbes-Piura dry forests and several pyramids built by

Pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, ...

cultures.

Geography

Bosque de Pómac is located in the district of Pitipo,

Ferreñafe Province The Ferreñafe Province is the smallest of three provinces of the Lambayeque Region in Peru. Boundaries * ''North'': Piura Region * ''East'': Cajamarca Region * ''South'': Chiclayo Province * ''West'': Lambayeque Province Political division ...

, in the northern Peruvian region of Lambayeque. This area is in a coastal plain, part of the Pacific coast tropical desert, and also in the middle valley of the La Leche river.

Ecology

The area is densely covered by a

tropical dry forest The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive ...

ecosystem, dominated by trees of the genus

Prosopis ''Prosopis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in ari ...

. Birds seen in the area include: the Peruvian thick-knee, the

burrowing owl The burrowing owl (''Athene cunicularia''), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or an ...

, the

Amazilia hummingbird The amazilia hummingbird (''Amazilis amazilia'') is a hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Amazilis''. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its six subspecies diffe ...

, etc.

Archaeology

There are 36 Pre-Columbian pyramids inside the area, which is an important source of archaeological discoveries, especially from the

Sican culture The Sican (also Sicán) culture is the name that archaeologist Izumi Shimada gave to the culture that inhabited what is now the north coast of Peru between about 750 and 1375. According to Shimada, ''Sican'' means "temple of the Moon". The Si ...

Geography

Ecology

Archaeology

References

See also