Native intoxicants of North America / Sean Rafferty.
"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...
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Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
The University of Tennessee Press,
[2021]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |
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"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | E98.N5 R34 2021 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781621906308 1621906302 |