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Doug Weller wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:29:49 -0600, in sci.archaeology, deowll wrote:
> [SNIP]
> >
> >Some of the nicotine may have come from old world plants used to
preserve
> >the body though that didn't explain everything. The only known
source of
> >cocaine would be a new world plant. The stuff didn't seem to be
modern day
> >contamination.
>
> This isn't correct. There are other potential sources of cocaine.
> The full article will be back soon, but look at
http://tinyurl.com/5aqn9
>
> Doug
Goodness, Weller.. I do think you've discovered something even more
remarkable; a hitherto unknown continental network supplying an ancient
Egyptian high drug culture:
"Even so there must be adequate explanations that can account for the
presence of hashish, nicotine and cocaine in the mummies analysed by Dr
Svetlana Balabanova that do not depend on the conviction that the
ancient Egyptians and Americans traded drugs across the Atlantic."
"The German research group published their initial findings in 1992.
[11] Balabanova, an experienced forensic chemist, used radioimmunoassay
and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to identify and
confirm the presence of cocaine, nicotine and hashish in Egyptian
mummies."
The origin of one of your alternate Erythroxylum ('Lily of the Nile')
source being:
"Native to Southern Africa, these strong-growing perennials are popular
for their fine foliage and showy flowers produced in late summer. They
are ideal for edging along a wall, driveway, or fence and make splendid
pot plants."
....which would put it way south of Punt.
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