The Wari Empire ruled the South American highlands for centuries with help from hallucinogenic parties, new evidence suggests.
Vilca, as a drug, dates back thousands of years, but it wasn’t clear if Wari individuals partook. Members of the contemporary Tiwanaku state most certainly did, ingesting it as snuff. The chemical bufotenine DMT is what gives the drug its potent psychotropic qualities.
Indeed, vilca was only recovered in a couple of areas at the site, one of which was a central garbage pile located near a pit of molle chicha dregs. The close association of the vilca to the molle chicha dregs, the complete absence of snuff paraphernalia at the site, and evidence pointing to a big party, all point to the use of the vilca-chicha mixture in a feast held at Quilcapampa, said Biwer.
The ability to provide a feast for guests has powerful social, economic, and political connotations. Hosting a feast involves giving away food and other resources to guests. This can provide a lot of social and political clout for a host, whose guests witness the economic abilities of the host to provide the feast . Who is invited, what is served, who eats what and how much, and many other aspects of feasts create a politically charged atmosphere.
The new research shows that Wari had access to vilca, which wasn’t clear before, and that they added it to chicha, as opposed to using it as snuff. This is significant, said Biwer, because “snuff creates a mind-altering experience for an individual,” whereas “the addition of vilca to chicha can provide this experience to many more people.
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