Ritual Black Drink consumption at Cahokia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 13944-13949

  Crown, Patricia L ^a   Emerson, Thomas E ^b   Gu, Jiyan ^c   Hurst, W Jeffrey ^d   Pauketat, Timothy R ^e   Ward, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois   (United States)

^c MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d The Hershey Company   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Caffeinated drinks; Mississippian ritual; Organic residue analysis

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; METHYLXANTHINE; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; URSOLIC ACID;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING; ILEX; ILEX CASSINE; ILEX VOMITORIA; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RITUAL; TEA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; CERAMICS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; ILEX; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT LEAVES; THEOBROMINE; TRITERPENES;

ILEX;

EID: 84865560489     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208404109     Document Type: Article

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