Tracing evidence of mind-altering substances across a diverse range
of ancient cultures, this collection explores how and why past
civilizations harvested, manufactured, and consumed drugs. Case
studies examine the use of stimulants, narcotics, and depressants
by hunter-gatherers who roamed Africa and Eurasia, prehistoric
communities in North and South America, and Maya kings and queens.
Offering perspectives from many different fields of study,
contributors illustrate the wide variety of sources and techniques
that can provide information about materials that are often
invisible to archaeologists. They use advanced biomolecular
procedures to identity alkaloids and resins on cups, pipes, and
other artifacts. They interpret paintings on vases and discuss
excavations of breweries and similar sites. Uncovering signs of
drugs including ayahuasca, peyote, ephedra, cannabis, tobacco,
yaupon, vilca, and maize and molle beer, they explain how
psychoactive substances were integral to interpersonal
relationships, religious practices, and social cohesion in
antiquity.
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