# Boyd 1996: Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in the sediments and pictographs of the Lower Pecos, Texas Archaic

> Carolyn E. Boyd, J. Philip Dering, 1996. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The plant evidence behind the shamanic reading.

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# Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in the sediments and pictographs of the Lower Pecos, Texas Archaic

Carolyn E. Boyd, J. Philip Dering, 1996. _Antiquity 70(268), pp. 256 to 275_.

Sets the medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in Lower Pecos shelter deposits beside the plants Boyd and Dering identify in the paintings, within the reading of the large Pecos River style figures as images of shamanism.

**White Shaman MuralSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1017/S0003598X00083265](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00083265)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The plant evidence behind the shamanic reading.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Hallucinogenic plants, including peyote, in Lower Pecos deposits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKRHKM0NFT/hallucinogenic-plants-including-peyote-in-lower-pecos)

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[J. Phil Dering](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/people/FIG0DCKKZ4CCXND/j-phil-dering)

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[The White Shaman Mural](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Boyd, C. E., & Dering, J. P. (1996). Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants identified in the sediments and pictographs of the Lower Pecos, Texas Archaic. Antiquity 70(268), pp. 256 to 275. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00083265
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00083265)

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