Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)

This study presents the results of our investigation of different archaeological contexts of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile, for the purpose of identifying a specific type of bird bone tube that has been proposed as a possible enema syringe—an instrument used to introduce some kind of alkaloid i...

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Autores principales: Horta-Tricallotis, Helena, Echeverría, Javier, Lema, Veronica Soledad, Quirgas, Alethia, Vidal, Alejandra
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2019
Materias:
ATACAMA DESERT
CIRCUMPUNA AREA
ENEMA SYRINGE
HALLUCINOGENIC PRACTICE
SHAMANISM
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/120625
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/120625
Aporte de:
Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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language Inglés
topic ATACAMA DESERT
CIRCUMPUNA AREA
ENEMA SYRINGE
HALLUCINOGENIC PRACTICE
SHAMANISM
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle ATACAMA DESERT
CIRCUMPUNA AREA
ENEMA SYRINGE
HALLUCINOGENIC PRACTICE
SHAMANISM
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Horta-Tricallotis, Helena
Echeverría, Javier
Lema, Veronica Soledad
Quirgas, Alethia
Vidal, Alejandra
Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)
topic_facet ATACAMA DESERT
CIRCUMPUNA AREA
ENEMA SYRINGE
HALLUCINOGENIC PRACTICE
SHAMANISM
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description This study presents the results of our investigation of different archaeological contexts of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile, for the purpose of identifying a specific type of bird bone tube that has been proposed as a possible enema syringe—an instrument used to introduce some kind of alkaloid into the human body through the rectal cavity as part of a psychoactive practice that was widespread in the South-Central Andes during pre-Hispanic times. To address methodological requirements—such as the need to identify new specimens from known contexts within museum collections in Chile and abroad and the need for chemical-organic analyses to identify the function of these tubes—we gathered a sample of tubes from funerary contexts in different parts of the Circumpuna area. The 25 identified specimens were characterized morphologically and technically, and the residues found were subjected to organic-chemical analysis. We present the evidence derived from one of these tubes, on the basis of which we conclude that this artifact is indeed an implement used to introduce alkaloids into the human body anally. Traces of coprostanol and archaeological human fecal matter were detected for the first time along with the presence of bufotenine, an alkaloid from the genus Anadenanthera, thereby confirming the connection of enemas to hallucinogenic practices.
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author Horta-Tricallotis, Helena
Echeverría, Javier
Lema, Veronica Soledad
Quirgas, Alethia
Vidal, Alejandra
author_facet Horta-Tricallotis, Helena
Echeverría, Javier
Lema, Veronica Soledad
Quirgas, Alethia
Vidal, Alejandra
author_sort Horta-Tricallotis, Helena
title Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)
title_short Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)
title_full Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)
title_fullStr Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)
title_full_unstemmed Enema syringes in South Andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: Evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the Atacama and neighboring zones (ca. AD 500–1500)
title_sort enema syringes in south andean hallucinogenic paraphernalia: evidence of their use in funerary contexts of the atacama and neighboring zones (ca. ad 500–1500)
publisher Springer
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/120625
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/120625
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