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Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in the sediments and pictographs of the Lower Pecos, Texas Archaic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Carolyn E. Boyd  and
J. Philip Dering
Carolyn E. Boyd
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843–4352, USA E-mail: Carolyn@acs.tamu.edu
J. Philip Dering
Affiliation:
Center for Environmental Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843–4352, USA E-mail: pdering@tamu.edu
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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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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 268 , June 1996 , pp. 256 - 275
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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