The study is studying a new light on exclusive hallucinogenic drugs in Old Peru

An old community in the Andes Mountains is likely to be used in Peru, drugs with a psychological effect during the exclusive rituals that may have helped create a social and political hierarchical sequences that were later seen across the region, according to a new study.

The prehistoric people of Shafin conducted special gatherings and perhaps secret, as the elite characters were used “saute tubes” to consume the remains of hallucinogenic plants with characteristics of DMTThe study, published on Monday, said in the magazine, which was reviewed by the peer The facts of the National Academy of Sciences. When eating, DMT causes short visual hallucinations, according to National Institute of Health.

The study was conducted by a group of archaeologists and researchers led by Daniel Contreras, the scientist of anthropology and a professor at the University of Florida, who sought to investigate the Shafin Complex, centuries -old to obtain evidence of drugs involved in ritual practices that are already understood to be a major part of their culture. To do this, explore the Contrames and his team and analyze the artifacts in Shavin de Hunter, a UNESCO World Heritage website In the Andes highlands, about 250 miles north of Lima.

Made of stone, and it is believed that the rubble there so far until 1200 BC has occupied Shavin this site and the area on a broader scale to about 400 or 500 BC and is considered a major predecessor for the well -known Inca civilization.

While previous research referred to ritual activity in the Shavene de Hunter, the Shavin icon raised questions about whether narcotic plants were involved, the new study provided material evidence that was not previously seen that hallucinations were a focal point for these gatherings.

In Chavín De Huántar, archaeologists discovered a network of hidden rooms they called exhibitions, built into the largest stone complex. Inside them, the team found 23 artifacts believed to be drug tools – mainly, tubes built from the bones of birds that researchers say they work as inhalation devices.

Chemical tests later conducted on these tubes revealed that six of them contain Or dmtA strong anesthetic that naturally occurs in plants and animals. In four of the six articles, the researchers said they found Micromains related to the roots of wild Nikotiana – also known as tobacco plants – as well as seeds and leaves of tobacco -like VilCA plants.

Although research on the effects of the drug on humans largely recognizes the gaps in how to understand the medical and scientific fields currently to the body’s reaction to it, some reports indicate that DMT causes a temporary and intense response in the brain that can lead to those who took it to call visions and gossip.

In their study, the Contraras team claimed that the tubes discovered in the Shavene de Hontar may not have been used exclusively for mental rituals. But when these rituals occurred, they said that the size of the small rooms where they were found indicated that only some members of the Shavin community were invited to participate.

The authors of the study wrote: “The exhibitions were apparently the foci of ritual activity, access to the content and content that was controlled and managed in an institutional point of view.” “Based on the evidence presented here, we cannot now extract strongly not only that the rituals in Shavin included consumption of psychological domains, but more specifically that the ritual activity that occurs in the exhibitions and around it-which is the main restriction spaces in Shavin-such consumption.”

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