Constantino Manuel Torres, known as Manuel Torres, is an

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and ethnobotanist specialising in the ethnobotany of

pre-columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ...

South America and the Caribbean. In particular, he has shed much light on the

Taíno The Taíno are the Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, Indigenous peoples of the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of what is now The ...

use of

Anadenanthera ''Anadenanthera'' is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two species, ''Anadenanthera colubrina, A. colubrina'' and ''Anadenanthera peregrina, A. peregrina''. These trees are known to the western wor ...

snuff Cohoba, its paraphernalia and associated archaeology.

Selected published works

*''The Use of Anadenanthera colubrina var. Cebil by Wichi (Mataco) Shamans of the Chaco Central, Argentina.'' Yearbook for ethnomedicine and the study of consciousness 5: 41–58, with David Repke as second author. Verläg für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin, (1998). *''The role of cohoba in Taíno shamanism.'' Eleusis, n.s., no. 1: 38–50, Museo Civico di Rovereto, Trento, Italy, (1998). *''Exploring the San Pedro de Atacama/Tiahuanaco Relationship.'' In Penny Dransart, ed., Andean Art -Visual Expression and its Relationship with Andean Values and Beliefs, Worldwide Archaeology Series vol. 13, pp. 78–108, with William J Conklin as second author, Avebury Press, Great Britain, (1995). *''Iconografía Tiwanaku y Alucinógenos en San Pedro de Atacama: Sus Implicaciones para el Estudio del Horizonte Medio Andino.'' In Josep María Fericgla, ed., Plantas, chamanismo y estados de consciencia, pp. 151–173, Los Libros de la Liebre de Marzo, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, (1994). *''Snuff Powders from Pre-Hispanic San Pedro de Atacama: Chemical and Contextual Analysis.'' Co-authored with D. Repke, K. Chan, D. McKenna, A. Llagostera, and R. E. Schultes. Current Anthropology 32(5): 640–649, University of Chicago Press, (1991). *''The Iconography of South American Snuff Trays and Related Paraphernalia.'' Etnologiska Studier Series, no. 37, 305 pp., 193 plates. Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum, Sweden, (1987). *''Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America.'' Co-authored with David B. Repke. Haworth Press, (2005)

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Florida International University faculty profile
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