Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru

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Rick, John W.; Lema, Veronica Soledad; Echeverría, Javier; Alva Valverde, Giuseppe; Contreras, Daniel A.; Arias Espinoza, Oscar; Rosenfeld, Silvana A.; Sayre, Matthew P.
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2025
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Ritual is broadly accepted as an important locus of social interaction in the pre-Hispanic Central Andes, and research into the development of durable sociopolitical inequality in the region often focuses on the social and political roles of public rituals. At the Middle-Late Formative Period (ca. 1200–400 BCE) monumental center of Chavín de Huántar, as well as at contemporary sites, ritual has long been hypothesized to include the use of psychoactive plants. However, neither psychoactive plant remains nor chemical traces of psychoactive compounds in likely ritual contexts have been identified at any of these sites. Recently excavated deposits sealed in an underground gallery at Chavín contained twenty-three artifacts of forms (especially bone tubes) associated with consumption of psychoactive plants elsewhere in the region. We here report, based on independent microbotanical and chemical analyses, two kinds of direct evidence for use of psychoactive plants in institutionalized ritual at Chavín. These results are direct evidence of psychoactive plants in archaeological bone tubes used as inhalers and the northernmost direct evidence of vilca and Nicotiana use in the pre-Hispanic Andes.
Fil: Rick, John W.. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos
Fil: Lema, Veronica Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Echeverría, Javier. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile
Fil: Alva Valverde, Giuseppe. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; Perú
Fil: Contreras, Daniel A.. Florida Atlantic University (fau);
Fil: Arias Espinoza, Oscar. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú
Fil: Rosenfeld, Silvana A.. High Point University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sayre, Matthew P.. High Point University; Estados Unidos
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Psychoactive Plants
Chavín de Huántar
Central Andes
Archaeology of Ritual
Early Sociopolitical Complexity
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spelling Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, PeruRick, John W.Lema, Veronica SoledadEcheverría, JavierAlva Valverde, GiuseppeContreras, Daniel A.Arias Espinoza, OscarRosenfeld, Silvana A.Sayre, Matthew P.Psychoactive PlantsChavín de HuántarCentral AndesArchaeology of RitualEarly Sociopolitical Complexityhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Ritual is broadly accepted as an important locus of social interaction in the pre-Hispanic Central Andes, and research into the development of durable sociopolitical inequality in the region often focuses on the social and political roles of public rituals. At the Middle-Late Formative Period (ca. 1200–400 BCE) monumental center of Chavín de Huántar, as well as at contemporary sites, ritual has long been hypothesized to include the use of psychoactive plants. However, neither psychoactive plant remains nor chemical traces of psychoactive compounds in likely ritual contexts have been identified at any of these sites. Recently excavated deposits sealed in an underground gallery at Chavín contained twenty-three artifacts of forms (especially bone tubes) associated with consumption of psychoactive plants elsewhere in the region. We here report, based on independent microbotanical and chemical analyses, two kinds of direct evidence for use of psychoactive plants in institutionalized ritual at Chavín. These results are direct evidence of psychoactive plants in archaeological bone tubes used as inhalers and the northernmost direct evidence of vilca and Nicotiana use in the pre-Hispanic Andes.Fil: Rick, John W.. University of Stanford; Estados UnidosFil: Lema, Veronica Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Echeverría, Javier. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; ChileFil: Alva Valverde, Giuseppe. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; PerúFil: Contreras, Daniel A.. Florida Atlantic University (fau);Fil: Arias Espinoza, Oscar. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; PerúFil: Rosenfeld, Silvana A.. High Point University; Estados UnidosFil: Sayre, Matthew P.. High Point University; Estados UnidosNational Academy of Sciences2025-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/290256Rick, John W.; Lema, Veronica Soledad; Echeverría, Javier; Alva Valverde, Giuseppe; Contreras, Daniel A.; et al.; Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru; National Academy of Sciences; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America; 122; 19; 5-2025; 1-110027-8424CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2425125122info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1073/pnas.2425125122info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-08-25T14:38:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/290256instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-08-25 14:38:33.765CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
title Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
spellingShingle Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
Rick, John W.
Psychoactive Plants
Chavín de Huántar
Central Andes
Archaeology of Ritual
Early Sociopolitical Complexity
title_short Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
title_full Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
title_fullStr Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
title_full_unstemmed Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
title_sort Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rick, John W.
Lema, Veronica Soledad
Echeverría, Javier
Alva Valverde, Giuseppe
Contreras, Daniel A.
Arias Espinoza, Oscar
Rosenfeld, Silvana A.
Sayre, Matthew P.
author Rick, John W.
author_facet Rick, John W.
Lema, Veronica Soledad
Echeverría, Javier
Alva Valverde, Giuseppe
Contreras, Daniel A.
Arias Espinoza, Oscar
Rosenfeld, Silvana A.
Sayre, Matthew P.
author_role author
author2 Lema, Veronica Soledad
Echeverría, Javier
Alva Valverde, Giuseppe
Contreras, Daniel A.
Arias Espinoza, Oscar
Rosenfeld, Silvana A.
Sayre, Matthew P.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psychoactive Plants
Chavín de Huántar
Central Andes
Archaeology of Ritual
Early Sociopolitical Complexity
topic Psychoactive Plants
Chavín de Huántar
Central Andes
Archaeology of Ritual
Early Sociopolitical Complexity
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Ritual is broadly accepted as an important locus of social interaction in the pre-Hispanic Central Andes, and research into the development of durable sociopolitical inequality in the region often focuses on the social and political roles of public rituals. At the Middle-Late Formative Period (ca. 1200–400 BCE) monumental center of Chavín de Huántar, as well as at contemporary sites, ritual has long been hypothesized to include the use of psychoactive plants. However, neither psychoactive plant remains nor chemical traces of psychoactive compounds in likely ritual contexts have been identified at any of these sites. Recently excavated deposits sealed in an underground gallery at Chavín contained twenty-three artifacts of forms (especially bone tubes) associated with consumption of psychoactive plants elsewhere in the region. We here report, based on independent microbotanical and chemical analyses, two kinds of direct evidence for use of psychoactive plants in institutionalized ritual at Chavín. These results are direct evidence of psychoactive plants in archaeological bone tubes used as inhalers and the northernmost direct evidence of vilca and Nicotiana use in the pre-Hispanic Andes.
Fil: Rick, John W.. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos
Fil: Lema, Veronica Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Echeverría, Javier. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile
Fil: Alva Valverde, Giuseppe. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; Perú
Fil: Contreras, Daniel A.. Florida Atlantic University (fau);
Fil: Arias Espinoza, Oscar. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú
Fil: Rosenfeld, Silvana A.. High Point University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sayre, Matthew P.. High Point University; Estados Unidos
description Ritual is broadly accepted as an important locus of social interaction in the pre-Hispanic Central Andes, and research into the development of durable sociopolitical inequality in the region often focuses on the social and political roles of public rituals. At the Middle-Late Formative Period (ca. 1200–400 BCE) monumental center of Chavín de Huántar, as well as at contemporary sites, ritual has long been hypothesized to include the use of psychoactive plants. However, neither psychoactive plant remains nor chemical traces of psychoactive compounds in likely ritual contexts have been identified at any of these sites. Recently excavated deposits sealed in an underground gallery at Chavín contained twenty-three artifacts of forms (especially bone tubes) associated with consumption of psychoactive plants elsewhere in the region. We here report, based on independent microbotanical and chemical analyses, two kinds of direct evidence for use of psychoactive plants in institutionalized ritual at Chavín. These results are direct evidence of psychoactive plants in archaeological bone tubes used as inhalers and the northernmost direct evidence of vilca and Nicotiana use in the pre-Hispanic Andes.
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