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An Ancient Residue Metabolomics-Based Method to Distinguish Use of Closely Related Plant Species in Ancient Pipes
Frontiers in molecular biosciences, Vol.7, pp.133-133
06/26/2020
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111492
PMID: 32671097
Abstract
Residues from ancient artifacts can help identify which plant species were used for their psychoactive properties, providing important information regarding the deep-time co-evolutionary relationship between plants and humans. However, relying on the presence or absence of one or several biomarkers has limited the ability to confidently connect residues to particular plants. We describe a comprehensive metabolomics-based approach that can distinguish closely related species and provide greater confidence in species use determinations. An ~1430-year-old pipe from central Washington State not only contained nicotine, but also had strong evidence for the smoking of
Nicotiana quadrivalvis
and
Rhus glabra
, as opposed to several other species in this pre-contact pipe. Analysis of a post-contact pipe suggested use of different plants, including the introduced trade tobacco,
Nicotiana rustica
. Ancient residue metabolomics provides a new frontier in archaeo-chemistry, with greater precision to investigate the evolution of drug use and similar plant-human co-evolutionary dynamics.
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- Title
- An Ancient Residue Metabolomics-Based Method to Distinguish Use of Closely Related Plant Species in Ancient Pipes
- Creators
- Korey J Brownstein - Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State UniversityShannon Tushingham - Washington State University, Anthropology, Department ofWilliam J Damitio - Department of Anthropology, Washington State UniversityTung Nguyen - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State UniversityDavid R Gang - Washington State University, Biological Chemistry, Institute of
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in molecular biosciences, Vol.7, pp.133-133
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Identifiers
- 99900586063001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article