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Ancient White Chinese Buried With Cannabis
The Journal of Experimental Botany reveals one of the oldest known botanical experiments. The grave of a tribal shaman in western China has turned up some high-grade pot.
The Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, China have recently been excavated to reveal the 2700-year-old grave of a Caucasoid shaman whose accoutrements included a large cache of cannabis, superbly preserved by climatic and burial conditions. [snip}
To our knowledge, these investigations provide the oldest documentation of cannabis as a pharmacologically active agent, and contribute to the medical and archaeological record of this pre-Silk Road culture.
Filed under: China, Hard Science, Science · Tags: archaeobotany, Archaeology, botany, cannabinoids, cannabis, China, ethnopharmacology, genetics, marijuana, medical history, phytochemistry, pot, Turpan, Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, Yanghai Tombs
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