Wellmann K F
JAMA. 1978 Apr 14;239(15):1524-7.
It is proposed that the aboriginal rock paintings in two areas of North America may have been produced by shamans while they were under the influence of hallucinogenic agents derived from plants. The first of these areas is the Chumash and Yokuts Indian region of California, where polychrome paintings show designs similar to those visualized during the trance induced by decoctions of jimsonweed (Datura species). The second area is the lower Pecos River region of Texas, where shamanistic figures display traits considered to be conceptual analogues of the mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) cult as practiced during historic times by Great Plains Indians. Although the evidence is only circumstantial, the proposed connections between these rock drawings and mind-expanding pharmacologic compounds fit well into the documented relationship that encompasses hallucinogenic drugs and certain movable objects of pre-Columbian American art.
有人提出，北美两个地区的土著岩画可能是萨满在受到源自植物的致幻剂影响时创作的。其中第一个地区是加利福尼亚的丘马什和约库茨印第安人地区，那里的多色绘画展示的图案与曼陀罗（曼陀罗属物种）煎剂诱发的恍惚状态中所见到的图案相似。第二个地区是得克萨斯州的佩科斯河下游地区，那里的萨满人物展现出的特征被认为是历史时期大平原印第安人所践行的麦斯卡尔豆（西南槐树）崇拜的概念类似物。尽管证据只是间接的，但这些岩画与能拓展思维的药理化合物之间的推测联系，与涵盖致幻药物和前哥伦布时期美洲艺术某些可移动物品的记载关系非常契合。
