The 1,000 year old ritual bundle was found in the Andes.
The pouch was sewn together from three fox snouts. Chemical analysis showed it contained residues of a number of psychoactive substances including ayahuasca, bufotenin (bufotenine), benzoylecgonine, cocaine, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), harmine, and possibly psilocin. The authors say the pouch indicates “…the use of multiple psychoactive plants associated with a sophisticated botanical knowledge system among ritual specialists (shamans) during pre-Columbian times.”
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