Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power
This jar was found at the Wari site of Conchopata and may have held beer during feasts. (Image credit: José Ochatoma) The growth of a pre-Inca civilization known as the Wari may have been aided by psychedelic-laced beer, researchers propose in a new study.The Wari flourished from roughly A.D. 600 to 1000 and are known…