Chavín de Huántar is an important archaeological site. It's located high in the Peruvian Andes, at an elevation of around 10,000 feet. The Chavín culture developed between 1500 BC and 300 BC.

Snuff tubes carved from hollow bones found at the Chavín archaeological site in Peru. Image 2 of 5. Black-and-white line drawing of pre-Inca art with yellow highlighting psychoactive plants.

The researchers found the room at Chavín de Huántar, a major archaeological site in the Peruvian highlands constructed by the Chavín, a pre-Incan culture that flourished between 900 and 200 B.C.

Archaeologists have found evidence that psychedelic drugs and 'snuff tubes' were used in rituals at a pre-Inca site in Peru. Researchers published their findings from Chavín de Huántar, an ...

The Chavín people are known for their agricultural innovations, craft production, and trade, which helped establish the ...

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Archaeology & History Clues Emerge of Mind-Altering Rituals at Ancient Peruvian Site. Experts confirm the first concrete evidence of psychoactive plants used at the famed Chavín de Huántar complex.

Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered a Hidden Chamber Where Elites Used Hallucinogens 2,500 Years Ago Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving ...

Researchers at the Chavín de Huántar archaeological site, located in the central Peruvian Andes, have revealed an ancestral practice that sheds new light on the power dynamic and worldview of ...

“It’s exciting that ongoing excavations can be combined with cutting-edge archaeological science techniques to get us closer to understanding what it was like to live at this site,” Contreras said.

Chavín de Huántar is an important archaeological site. It's located high in the Peruvian Andes, at an elevation of around 10,000 feet. The Chavín culture developed between 1500 BC and 300 BC.