Re: Hemp Use by the Ancients



Matt Giwer wrote:

heremon wrote:
I've read that some mummes have tested positive for hemp pollen, but
these results could be explained by later contamination. However, an
ancient celtic interrment did include one offering that implied use as
a birthing aid.

Could ancient hemp use be inferred for cases of chronic ailment;
abcesses or tumors and the like, esp. in royal circles and among those
with means?

The main use for it is cloth and rope. The idea of smoking anything came from
the American Indians

ridiculous. American Indians all were immigrants from other old
cultures... every society Ive ever studied (primitive and otherwise) had/has smoking in
one form or another deeply ingrained from long
traditions. You might as well claim that 'the idea of Fascism' came
from Iowans!





so they would have had to found the better strains and
stumbled on baking it into bread or something.

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