Ancient psychoactive substances / edited by Scott M. Fitzpatrick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitzpatrick, Scott M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism--History.

Alcoholism.

Altered states of consciousness--History.

Altered states of consciousness.

Drug abuse--History.

Drug abuse.

Hallucinogenic drugs--History.

Hallucinogenic drugs.

Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience--History.

Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.

Psychotropic drugs--History.

Psychotropic drugs.

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