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The use of psychoactive plants by ancient indigenous populations of the North Andes
journal Article
2018
Constantino Manuel, Torres
Pages: 198 - 211
Abstract
This investigation focuses on the North Andes and includes discussion of monumental stone sculpture in the environs of San Agustín, Colombia, as well as Muisca, Quimbaya, and Darién (Sinú) goldworking traditions. Through formal and iconographic analyses of ceremonial paraphernalia, this paper shows that the primary ideologies of the cultures of this region involved the use of several psychoactive plants.