Archaeological Evidence for Snuffing in Prehispanic Mexico (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Furst, Peter T.  (1922-2015)

Publisher: Harvard University Botanical Museum

Pub Date: 1974

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good.  Stapled binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Some edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Pamphlet.  Botanical Museum Leaflets, Vol. 24, No. 1.  The use of tobacco and hallucinogenic/psychoactive plants in Prehispanic Mexico.  “While the botanical sources for hallucinogenic snuff in Mesoamerica must, for the present, remain conjectural, the evidence for snuffing in archaeological art is, as we shall see, beyond question.” (page 5).  Furst also offers information as to the use of snuffing in both South America and by the American Indian.  VERY RARE.  NO copies available for sale.