Native intoxicants of North America /
This book discusses the cultural significance that narcotics, stimulants and hallucinogens had on prehistoric societies, whether used for ritual, medicinal or even recreational purposes. Rafferty notes that prehistoric intoxicants can be found in sites ranging throughout North America, and their use...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | This book discusses the cultural significance that narcotics, stimulants and hallucinogens had on prehistoric societies, whether used for ritual, medicinal or even recreational purposes. Rafferty notes that prehistoric intoxicants can be found in sites ranging throughout North America, and their use, though varied, presents a near-universal human disposition toward the use of drugs to achieve certain social and spiritual goals and states of consciousness. |
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| Physical Description: | 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621906308 1621906302 |