Kateřina Petružálková: The Ayahuasca Subculture in Prague Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Department of Cultural Studies, MA Thesis, 95 pages, 2013 The aim of the thesis is to describe the phenomenon of ayahuasca, the sacred amazonian psychotropic beverage. The structure of the thesis is divided into the theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part the thesis deals with the attributes of ayahuasca, shamanism in the Upper Amazon, globalization of ayahuasca and ayahuasca syncretic churches. It is also described a variety of ritualized usage of ayahuasca and the current position in the Czech Republic. The practical part consists of a qualitative research among the members of ayahuasca subculture in Prague and self reflection of ayahuasca experience. Keywords: ayahuasca, shamanism, Upper Amazon, ritual

Esse trabalho propôs a realização de um estudo das características morfológicas e iconográficas das coleções de cerâmicas arqueológicas do acervo do Museo Hermógenes Mejía Solf, localizado em Jaén, na Alta Amazônia peruana. O objetivo central da pesquisa foi entender padrões e variações de estilos visualmente observeis a partir da identificação de conjuntos de artefatos cerâmicos que conformam o acervo do referido museu, bem como a comparação dos mesmos com estilos arqueológicos tradicionalmente conhecidos como característicos de regiões adjacentes à área de pesquisa, a saber: da Costa Norte lambayecana, da Serra de Cajamarca (e das Terras Baixas amazônicas. O trabalho justifica-se, entre outros aspectos, pela exiguidade de pesquisas arqueológicas dedicadas à Alta Amazônia peruana, bem como pela riqueza do patrimônio arqueológico salvaguardado pelo museu. Os dados levantados e resultados das análises apontam para a identificação de um palimpsesto de formas e estilos, reforçando a hipótese de um intenso contato entre povos andinos e amazônicos no chamado Período Tardio da cronologia relativa usualmente adotada na arqueologia andina. / This work proposed the study of the morphological and iconographic characteristics of the archaeological ceramic collections of the Hermógenes Mejía Solf Museum, located in Jaén, in the Upper Peruvian Amazon. The main objective of the research was to understand patterns and variations of styles visually observable from the identification of artifactual sets that conform the museum ceramic collection, as well as the comparison of them with archeological styles traditionally known as characteristic of adjacent regions to the research area, namely the northern coast of Lambayeque, the Sierra de Cajamarca (and the Amazonian Lowlands). The work is justified, among other things, by the lack of archaeological research dedicated to the Peruvian Upper Amazonia, as well as the richness of the archaeological heritage preserved by the museum. The data collected and results of the analyzes point to the identification of a palimpsest of forms and styles, reinforcing the hypothesis of an intense contact between Andean and Amazonian peoples in the so - called Late Period of relative chronology usually adopted in Andean archeology.

The discovery of the Amazon River occurred in 1542. Francisco de Orellana was glory of the event and Gaspar de Carvajal wrote the Memory of the facts. The Amazon basin is understood as a place to exploit and this detail has not changed up to now. The tropical forest and societies living there for thousands of years have suffered, from the beginning, the negative impacts of civilized man. The Jesuit Samuel Fritz made the first reliable map of the Amazon basin and placed there the most important rivers and the ethnic groups that were residing in that vast territory. He also located the diverse aboriginal societies after the establishment of the Maynas’ Indian Reductions. / El descubrimiento del río Amazonas ocurrió en 1542. Francisco de Orellana se llevó la gloria del acontecimiento y Gaspar de Carvajal redactó la Memoria de los hechos. La cuenca del Amazonas se entendió como un lugar para explotar y este detalle no ha cambiado. El bosque tropical y las sociedades que allí residen desde hace milenios han sufrido, desde un principio, los impactos nega- tivos del hombre civilizado. El jesuita Samuel Fritz realizó el primer mapa fiable de la cuenca ama- zónica y situó en él a los ríos más importantes y a las etnias que residían en ese territorio inmenso. Igualmente, emplazó a las más diversas sociedades aborígenes después del establecimiento de las Reducciones de Maynas.