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T1 Psychoactive Drugs in European Prehistory
A1 Guerra Doce, Elisa
K1 Arqueología, Prehistoria, Europa, Drogas
K1 drug plants, fermented beverages, Europe, prehistory, archaeological evidence, Eleusinian mysteries
K1 5504.05 Prehistoria
AB The relationship between humans and mind-altering substances can be traced back over millennia. However, as many of them presently fall under the category of illicit or illegal “drug” products, there is a tendency to view use of these substances as largely a modern phenomenon. Archaeological evidence shows that the need and desire to temporarily alter states of consciousness through the use of drug plants, fungi, and many kinds of fermented beverages goes back to prehistoric times, in multiple regions of the world, and across most cultures. This chapter explores the deepest origins of these practices in Europe, where growing archaeological research demonstrates that psychoactive substances were already long in use, prior to the well-known cultural influence of wine in ancient Greece and Rome and the probable use of drug plants in ancient religious rituals such as the Eleusinian mysteries.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 978-0-19-0842666 (versión online) y 978-0-19-084264-2 (versión impresa)
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82163
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82163
LA eng
NO Gootenberg, Paul (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Drug History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, p. 35-55.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-ene-2026