The prehistoric drug trade: Widespread consumption of cacao in Ancestral Pueblo and Hohokam communities in the American Southwest

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1634-1640

  Washburn, Dorothy K ^a   Washburn, William N ^b   Shipkova, Petia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Cacao consumption; Cacao turquoise trade; Cylinder jars; Detection of theobromine; Mesoamerica

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DETECTION METHOD; DRUGS TRADE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; IMPORT; PREHISTORIC; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MESOAMERICA;

THEOBROMA BICOLOR; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79956119214     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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