1,000-Year-Old Psychedelic Drug Kit Contains Traces of Cocaine and Ayahuasca
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Archaeologists in the Bolivian Andes have discovered a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle—basically a stash of drug paraphernalia—containing traces five different psychoactive substances, including cocaine and the active ingredients found in ayahuasca.
New research published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a rare ritual bundle found buried at the Cueva del Chileno archaeological site, a cave in southwestern Bolivia. The ancient stash—found at an altitude of 13,000 feet—likely belonged to a shaman who had access to a remarkable assortment of plant-based psychotropic drugs, according to a University of California-Berkeley team led by archaeological Melanie Miller.
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There were quite a few
There were quite a few psychoactive drugs being consumed in that region around that time. Ayahuasca coming in from the jungle (as well as a few others), plus DMT snuff from all the region made out of a couple Anadenthera species. Plus, coca leaf was common all throughout the Andes (still is). I'm not sure if by cocaine they refer to the trace elements in coca leaf, or if it's somehow processed. I don't know how cocaine is made but always imagined it was a chemical process, not something they could have done 1,000 years ago, but I may be wrong. Also, San Pedro cactus was in common consumption in ritual of the Tiwanaku culture and in Andean shamanic culture from Colombia down to Northern Chile. People were getting hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh as fuck up and down the Andes for a long time! :)
Pretty cool stuff, thanks for sharing this article.
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I just wanna check out the
I just wanna check out the fox snout pouch in person
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Fox Snout Pouch.
Fox Snout Pouch.
I call it for a band name.
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(((((Bolivian marching powder
(((((Bolivian marching powder)))))
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"...Among the various
"...Among the various artifacts pulled from the leather bag were two finely carved wooden tablets on which plant-based substances were ground down into snuff. The bag also contained an ornately decorated wooden snuffing tube for snorting the hallucinogenic compounds. Other items in the bag included spatulas made from llama bone, a colorful headband, dried plant stems held together by strings, and a remarkable pouch stitched together from the snouts of three Andean foxes. ..."
Saaaaay.... isn't that Nelson's headband? He probably dropped it.
Cool headband
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Jerry was a Shaman too..
Jerry was a Shaman too..
He just carried a briefcase.
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Please, it was his "ritual
Please, it was his "ritual bundle".
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glow stick
glow stick
traces of ketamine
hackey sack.
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Fox Snout Pouch.
Fox Snout Pouch.
I call it for a band name.
They played a 24 minute Ritual Bundle, brah!
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I knew I recognized it. Wore
I knew I recognized it. Wore it on Pouchtour.
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According to DeadBase, when
According to DeadBase, when Jerry sang it he changed the words to Ritual Bindle