Ancient psychoactive substances / edited by Scott M. Fitzpatrick.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Fitzpatrick, Scott M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Alcoholism--History.
• Altered states of consciousness--History.
• Drug abuse--History.
• Hallucinogenic drugs--History.
• Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience--History.
• Psychotropic drugs--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]

Summary:

This book details the traditional and sacred use of psychoactive substances by peoples in the ancient past through the lens of archaeology.

Contents:

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Drugs from a Deep Time Perspective
• 1. Cannabis in Ancient Central Eurasian Burials
• 2. Intoxication on the Wine Dark Sea: Investigating Psychoactive Substances in the Eastern Mediterranean
• 3. Ancient Use of Ephedra in Eurasia and the Western Hemisphere
• 4. Prehistoric Intoxicants of North America
• 5. Pipes, Cups, Platform Mounds, and Mortuary Ritual in the Lake Okeechobee Basin of South Florida
• 6. Power From, Power To, Power Over? Ritual Drug-Taking and the Social Context of Power among the Indigenous People of the Caribbean
• 7. Intoxication Rituals and Gender among the Ancient Maya
• 8. Mayan Ritual Beverage Production: Considering the Ceramics
• 9. The Origins of the Ayahuasca/Yagé Concept: An Inquiry into the Synergy between Dimethyltryptamine and Beta-Carbolines
• 10. A Synonym for Sacred: Vilca Use in the Preconquest Andes
• 11. Ingredients Matter: Maize versus Molle Brewing in Ancient Andean Feasting
• List of Contributors
• Index.

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-6550-X