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Carvings in Southern Peru May Have Been Inspired by People Singing While Hallucinating
PHYS.ORG ^ | APRIL 8, 2024 | Bob Yirka

Posted on 04/09/2024 3:49:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A pair of archaeologists, one with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, the other with the University of Warsaw, both in Poland, has found evidence suggesting that rock carvings found in a southern part of Peru may have been inspired by people singing while consuming hallucinogenic plants. In their study, published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Andrzej Rozwadowski and Janusz Wołoszyn analyzed rock carvings found in Toro Muerto.

Toro Muerto, ("dead bull" in Spanish) is a rock art complex in South America situated in a desert gorge near the Majes River Valley, spanning 10 km2. It hosts approximately 2,600 volcanic boulders, each adorned with ancient petroglyphs, ranging from small stones with single motifs to massive boulders with multiple images.

The researchers note that despite its notoriety, little study of the petroglyphs has been done. So for their new study, they conducted an analysis of the danzantes—dancing human figures—that appear on most of the boulders.

The researchers suggest that most of the petroglyphs appear to have been thought out or planned prior to carving—their coloring and uniform spacing suggest the artists knew what they were going to do beforehand.

They also note that most of the carvings followed similar themes—most involved danzantes surrounded by zig-zag or squiggly lines, dots or sometimes circles. They suggest the zig-zags were carved to accentuate the energy and movement associated with wild dancing.

The researchers note that the carvings are very much like those done by the Tukano, early people living in what is now Colombia. Prior research has shown that most of those carvings were made during rituals by people consuming ayahuasca, which is made using hallucinogenic vines.

Because of the similarity, the researchers suggest it is likely that the petroglyphs at Toro Muerto were also carved by people consuming hallucinogenic plants. They further suggest the imagery surrounding their dancing figures appears to show people attempting to depict how the music was making them feel while under the influence of a still unknown hallucinogen.

More information: Andrzej Rozwadowski et al, Dances with Zigzags in Toro Muerto, Peru: Geometric Petroglyphs as (Possible) Embodiments of Songs, Cambridge Archaeological Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S0959774324000064

Journal information: Cambridge Archaeological Journal


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: andes; archaeology; carvings; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; nondonornick; peru
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The first Woodstock. Stay away from the brown gluten.

1 posted on 04/09/2024 3:49:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 04/09/2024 3:50:32 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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"Carvings in Southern Peru May Have Been Inspired by People Singing While Hallucinating"

So in other words...liberals.

3 posted on 04/09/2024 3:55:48 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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Hysterical....no chance this was done by a kid...that today...would go smack dab on the refrigerator...and upheld as “great art”...kinda like Hunter’s works...


4 posted on 04/09/2024 3:57:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RtX9Ul5_Eys


5 posted on 04/09/2024 3:57:54 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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Far out, man!


6 posted on 04/09/2024 3:58:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Sacajaweau

You mut have a giant fridge!


7 posted on 04/09/2024 3:58:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I live in Alaska...


8 posted on 04/09/2024 3:59:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Only kidding...I own a butcher shop...so on the cooler door.


9 posted on 04/09/2024 4:00:29 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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I'm down to seeds and stems again was a common meme.
10 posted on 04/09/2024 4:04:11 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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I’m not at all surprised. I do my best work while hallucinating.


11 posted on 04/09/2024 4:10:11 PM PDT by FlatulusMaximus
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12 posted on 04/09/2024 4:14:58 PM PDT by Hatteras
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Was Dave there?


13 posted on 04/09/2024 4:16:08 PM PDT by Fuzz
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Translation: The “experts” don’t know ###t and just make stuff up.

But trust them - global warming is ‘settled science’ and evolution is for sure.... /s


14 posted on 04/09/2024 4:46:50 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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Scribblings by Bidens created by people on drugs?


15 posted on 04/09/2024 4:56:54 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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16 posted on 04/09/2024 5:41:30 PM PDT by null and void (There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
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Thanks nickcarraway.

17 posted on 04/09/2024 7:57:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Probably sounded like a dozen Yoko Onos performing that marriage of Figaro sextet.


18 posted on 04/09/2024 8:44:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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😂😂😂Like Woodstock?


19 posted on 04/09/2024 8:45:23 PM PDT by madison10
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That is quite the analogy.


20 posted on 04/09/2024 8:45:33 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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