Mushrooms, Drugs, and Potters
A New Approach to the Function of Precolumbian Mesoamerican Mushroom Stones
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2566099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulrich Köhler (0000-0002-5614-6063, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-153 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/279165 |
| OpenAlex | W2328771458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
The function of archaeological mushroom stones has been subject to various speculations. Recently their explanation as ritual objects, associated with the ceremonial consumption of hallucinogenic mushrooms, seems on its way to general acceptance. The subsequent analysis refutes such an interpretation and reveals their real function as potters' molds
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Botany · Consumption (sociology) · Evolutionary biology · Function (biology) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Mushroom · Subject (documents) · Chemical synthesis and alkaloids · Computer Science · History · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2019 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |