Peyote
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| c. 3700 BCE |
| Native Americans in the Rio Grande (Shumla Caves) area collected mescaline containing peyote buttons and manufactured peyote effigy sculptures. [More Info] |
| Two dried "peyote buttons", more than 5000 years old, were found in Shumla cave and tested by radio carbon dating and GC/MS. They were found to contain mescaline. Peter Furst mentioned these results in a 1989 publication, and the tests were re-confirmed in 2005 by El-Seedi et al. An article by Terry et al in 2006 reported that these were not actually peyote buttons, but formed artifacts made from peyote and other plants! |
| References Terry M, Steelman KL, Guilderson T, Dering P, Rowe MW. “Lower Pecos and Coahuila peyote: new radiocarbon dates”. J Archaelogical Science. 2006;33:1017-1021. El-Seedi HR, Smet PA, Beck O, et al. "Prehistoric peyote use: Alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas". J Ethnopharmacol. 2005;101(1-3):238-42. |
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