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, earlier studies show the Inca provided the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca to those who were going to be sacrificed, probably to keep them quiet.

The study also indicates that Nazca people discovered methods for conserving some people's heads for use in rites or celebrations. In addition, the Nazca people developed methods to preserve the entire bodies of some deceased individuals, resulting inThe discovery of San Pedro cactus compounds in a child's trophy head's hair was significant since it was the first time that proof of the administration of stimulants to Nazca sacrificial victims had been discovered.

A bundle found in a cave in southwest Bolivia in 2010 that included the remnants of ayahuasca components and numerous other preserved shamanic medicines proved that ayahuasca use went back 1,000 years.

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