Ritual drinks in the pre-Hispanic US Southwest and Mexican Northwest

Patricia L. Crown; Jiyan Gu; W. Jeffrey Hurst; Timothy J. Ward; Ardith D. Bravenec; Syed Ali; Laura Kebert; Marlaina Berch; Erin Redman; Patrick D. Lyons; Jamie Merewether; David A. Phillips; Lori S. Reed; Kyle Woodson

doi:10.1073/pnas.1511799112

Ritual drinks in the pre-Hispanic US Southwest and Mexican Northwest

Patricia L. Crown, Jiyan Gu, W. Jeffrey Hurst, Timothy J. Ward, Ardith D. Bravenec, Syed Ali, Laura Kebert, Marlaina Berch, Erin Redman, Patrick D. Lyons, Jamie Merewether, David A. Phillips, Lori S. Reed, Kyle Woodson

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Chemical analyses of organic residues in fragments of pottery from 18 sites in the US Southwest and Mexican Northwest reveal combinations of methylxanthines (caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline) indicative of stimulant drinks, probably concocted using either cacao or holly leaves and twigs. The results cover a time period from around A.D. 750-1400, and a spatial distribution from southern Colorado to northern Chihuahua. As with populations located throughout much of North and South America, groups in the US Southwest and Mexican Northwest likely consumed stimulant drinks in communal, ritual gatherings. The results have implications for economic and social relations among North American populations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11436-11442
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	112
Issue number	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511799112
State	Published - Sep 15 2015

Keywords

Archaeology
Cacao
Holly
Ritual drinks
US Southwest/Mexican Northwest

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Crown, P. L., Gu, J., Hurst, W. J., Ward, T. J., Bravenec, A. D., Ali, S., Kebert, L., Berch, M., Redman, E., Lyons, P. D., Merewether, J., Phillips, D. A., Reed, L. S., & Woodson, K. (2015). Ritual drinks in the pre-Hispanic US Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(37), 11436-11442. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511799112

Crown, PL, Gu, J, Hurst, WJ, Ward, TJ, Bravenec, AD, Ali, S, Kebert, L, Berch, M, Redman, E, Lyons, PD, Merewether, J, Phillips, DA, Reed, LS & Woodson, K 2015, 'Ritual drinks in the pre-Hispanic US Southwest and Mexican Northwest', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, no. 37, pp. 11436-11442. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511799112

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