Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in the sediments and pictographs of the Lower Pecos, Texas Archaic

1996/06/01 by Carolyn E. Boyd, Carolyn Boyd, J. Philip Dering +1 · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Archaeology and Natural History #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies #Psychedelics and Drug Studies

paper · doi:10.1017/s0003598x00083265

Abstract

The rock-art of the Pecos River region, on the Texas-Mexico border, is deservedly celebrated for its very large and inspiring human depictions, convincingly interpreted as images of shamanism. Study of plant remains in associated middens gives a new aspect to understanding of the images.

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