{"id":7079463,"date":"2026-11-13T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accountants4yourbusiness.co.uk\/?p=7079463"},"modified":"2026-11-13T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:00:42","slug":"were-these-ancient-siberian-nomads-the-first-stoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants4yourbusiness.co.uk\/?p=7079463","title":{"rendered":"Were These Ancient Siberian Nomads the First Stoners?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Scythians, a nomadic people who once roamed the Eurasian steppes on horseback, were many things: warriors, equestrians, metalsmiths, lovers of tattoos<\/a>. But were they also the first stoners?<\/p>\n

In 2017, a team of archaeologists discovered an enormous Scythian burial mound in the Uyuk Valley of southern Siberia. The site, which was 2,800 years old and was named Tunnug 1, was among the oldest and largest of these burial sites and became a literal treasure trove for archaeologists studying the Scythians, who thrived from the ninth century to the third century B.C.<\/p>\n

Over the next six years, archaeologists excavated its tombs and cataloged their contents. They found gold jewelry, animal statues, daggers, human remains and hundreds and hundreds of cannabis seeds. The presence of the seeds inspired the scientists to perform drug tests on strands of human hair they had found during the excavation (call it probable cause), and they came back positive.<\/p>\n

The results of their archaeological analysis, published on Thursday in the journal Science<\/a>, suggest humans were getting high at least three centuries earlier than previously thought. The study also raises questions about the role cannabis played in the culture of ancient Asia\u2019s nomadic peoples.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n