A unique bundle of ritual items points to hallucinogenic drug use one millennium ago in Bolivia.
of the University of Otago in New Zealand detail their discovery and analysis of the unprecedented treasure trove of ritual equipment.
Since Miller and colleagues also had not seen anything like this before, their first task was determining the date it was made. A small sample of the leather bag was able to be carbon-14 dated to 905-1170 AD, a time period when the Tiwanaku state, one of the largest and most significant pre-hispanic societies in the Andes, was disintegrating.
The finding of multiple hallucinogenic compounds in the kit, however, may point to the earliest creation of a substance called is a catch-all term for a range of psychotropic concoctions that serve to activate the nervous system and cause vivid hallucinogenic experiences for consumers.
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