Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in the sediments and pictographs of the Lower Pecos, Texas Archaic
Carolyn E. Boyd, J. Phil Dering
Antiquity June 1, 1996 DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00083265 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Archaeological analysis Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 41 |
| Key points | Argues that plant remains recovered from middens associated with Pecos River rock art provide a new angle for interpreting the region's large human figures, which are widely read as shamanic imagery. |
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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