Beyond the San Pedro Cactus: Ancient Nasca Shamanism in Polychrome Ceramics
Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies December 23, 2022 Meghan Tierney
Many scholars assume that the ancient Nasca practiced a form of shamanism on the south coast of present-day Peru (c. 1–750 CE). Typically, the identification of entheogens and shaman figures as subject matter in the vast corpus of Nasca polychrome ceramics supports those claims; however, visual analysis of the vessel forms and images reveals further evidence of a deeper understanding of...