Antiquity of coca-leaf chewing in the south central andes: A 3,000 Year archaeological record of coca-leaf chewing from Northern Chile

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-458

  Rivera, Mario A ^a,b   Aufderheide, Arthur C ^c   Cartmell, Larry W ^d   Torres, Constantino M ^e   Langsjoen, Odin ^c  

^a BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d Valley View Regional Hospital   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzoylecgonine; Cocaine; Mummy; Pisagua; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CHILE; COCA; HUMAN; INGESTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASTICATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 31444446504     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2005.10399820     Document Type: Article

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