From: [j--n] at [trivium.gh.ub.es] (jordi juan-tresserras)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs.chemistry,rec.drugs.chemistry,bionet.toxicology,sci.bionet.botany
Subject: Archaeology and drug metabolites
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 16:38:46 GMT

Dear all,

The London Times Sunday Article began some interesting comments in
some listservers at the same time. I send you some references about
drugs identification in archaeological remains. I know that there are
other interesting works...

BALABANOVA S.et al. (1992).- First identification of drugs in Egyptian
mummies, in Naturwissenschaften 79: 358.

BALABANOVA S. & SCHULTZ M. (1994).- Investigation of nicotine
concentrations in prehistoric human skeletons found in early neolithic
populations (Late PPNB) from the Near East (Turkey and Jordan), in
Homo 45/S. 14 (proceedings).

BALABANOVA S. & TECHLER-NICOLA M. (1994).- Was nicotine used as a
medicinal agest in ancient populations?, in Homo 45/S: 15
(proceedings).

BISSET N.G. et al. (1994).- Was opium know in 18th dinasty ancient
Egypt? An examination of materials from the tomb of the chief royal
architect Kha, in Journal of Ethnopharmacology 41 (1-2): 99-114.

CARTMELL L.W. et al. (1991).- The frequency and antiquity of
prehistoric coca leaf chewing practices in northern of Chile:
radioinmunoassay of a cocaine metabolite in human mummy hair, in Latin
American Antiquity 2: 260-268.

GOMEZ GARCIA J. & JUAN-TRESSERRAS J. (in press).- El consumo de hachis
y el habito de fumar en el mundo cristiano medieval: la pipa del
Castillo de Cornella, in Acta Medievalia. Barcelona.

HENDERSON G.L. et al. (1992).- Cocaine and cocaine metabolite
concentration in the hair of South American Coca chewers, in J. Anal.
Toxicol. 16: 199-201.

HOBMEIER U. & PARSCHE F. (1994).- Drugs in Egyptian and Peruvian
mummies, in Homo 45/S: 59 (proceedings)

JUAN-TRESSERRAS J. (1995).- Estudio arqueobotanico de lso residuos
carbonizados procedentes de una pipa arabe del Castillo de Cornella
(Baix Llobregat). Informe 95/04. Servei d'Arqueologia, Generalitat de
Catalunya. Barcelona.

LEONARD K. (1991).- Pipe Dottle Analysis in the 1990's. Dept.of
Antropology, University of Toronto.

MERWE N.J. VAN DER (1975).- Cannabis smoking in 13th-14th century
Ethiopia, in RUBIN V. (Ed).- Cannabis and culture. Mouton Publishers.
The Hague/Paris. 77-80.

MIDDLETON W. (1993).-  The identification of pre-hispanic coca
consumption through opal phytoliths analysis in dental calculus .
Comunicación presentada en el 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology.

PALY et al. (1980).- Plasma levels of cocaine in native Peruvian coca
chewers, in JERI FR (Ed.).- Proceedings of the Interamerican Seminar
on Coca and Cocaine. Pacific Press. Lima. pp. 86-89.

SPRINGFIELD A.C.et al. (1993).- Cocaine and metabolites in the hair of
ancient Peruvian coca leaf chewers, in Forensic Science International
63: 269-275.


Yours,



Jordi


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Jordi Juan i Tresserras
Unitat d'Arqueobotanica
SERP/Dept.Prehistoria, H. Antiga i Arqueologia
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA                        
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"Cada epoca de la historia modifica el fogon, y cada pueblo come segun
su alma, antes tal vez que segun su estomago" - Emilia Pardo Bazan
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