Thousand year-old fox snout bag held potent hallucinogens

By Katrina Krämer2019-05-07T14:30:00

An image showing a view of the Cueva del Chileno excavation site

Source: Courtesy of Juan V Albarracin-Jordan and José M Capriles

Chemical analysis reveals ancient South Americans used mix of psychoactive substances in rituals

A thousand year-old pouch made from fox snouts found in a Bolivian cave contained a mix of at least five hallucinogens, chemical analysis has revealed. This is the largest number of psychotropic compounds ever found in a single ancient South American artefact.