...Tobacco Generally speaking, luxury items are thought to have been used quite late in the history of human culture. Ethnic groups that are said to have retained much of their ancient hunter-gatherer culture, such as African pygmies, eat the anesthetic fruit of a nightshade plant before hunting elephants, and some aborigines are said to chew the leaves of the Pichuri tree , Duboisia hopwoodii , but the origins of neither of these are thought to go back very far within these cultures. However, in agricultural cultures, intoxicating foods and drinks are quite widespread. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Duboisia hopwoodii" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…タバコ 一般的にいって嗜好品は,人類文化史上ではかなりおそくなってから用いられたものとみられる。採集狩猟文化の段階の古い姿をかなりとどめているといわれる民族,たとえばアフリカのピグミーが,ゾウ狩りの前に麻酔性のナス科植物の実を食べ,若干のアボリジニーはピチュリ樹Duboisia hopwoodiiの葉を嚙むといわれるが,ともにその起原は,これらの文化の内部ではあまり古くさかのぼるものとは思われない。しかし農耕文化においては,催酔性飲食物はかなり普及している。… ※「Duboisia hopwoodii」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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