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'''Constantino Manuel Torres''', known as '''Manuel Torres''', is an [[archaeology|archaeologist]] and [[ethnobotany|ethnobotanist]] specialising in the ethnobotany of [[pre-columbian]] South America and the Caribbean. In particular, he has shed much light on the [[Taíno people|Taíno]] use of [[Anadenanthera]] snuff [[Cohoba]], its paraphernalia and associated archaeology.

== Selected published works ==

*''The Use of Anadenanthera colubrina var. Cebil by Wichi (Mataco) Shamans of the Chaco Central, Argentina.'' Yearbook for ethnomedicine and the study of consciousness 5: 41–58, with David Repke as second author. Verläg für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin, (1998).
*''The role of cohoba in Taíno shamanism.'' Eleusis, n.s., no. 1: 38–50, Museo Civico di Rovereto, Trento, Italy, (1998).
*''Exploring the San Pedro de Atacama/Tiahuanaco Relationship.'' In [[Penelope Dransart|Penny Dransart]], ed., Andean Art -Visual Expression and its Relationship with Andean Values and Beliefs, Worldwide Archaeology Series vol. 13, pp.&nbsp;78–108, with William J Conklin as second author, Avebury Press, Great Britain, (1995).
*''Iconografía Tiwanaku y Alucinógenos en San Pedro de Atacama: Sus Implicaciones para el Estudio del Horizonte Medio Andino.'' In Josep María Fericgla, ed., Plantas, chamanismo y estados de consciencia, pp.&nbsp;151–173, Los Libros de la Liebre de Marzo, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, (1994).
*''Snuff Powders from Pre-Hispanic San Pedro de Atacama: Chemical and Contextual Analysis.'' Co-authored with D. Repke, K. Chan, D. McKenna, A. Llagostera, and R. E. Schultes. Current Anthropology 32(5): 640–649, University of Chicago Press, (1991).
*''The Iconography of South American Snuff Trays and Related Paraphernalia.'' Etnologiska Studier Series, no. 37, 305 pp., 193 plates. Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum, Sweden, (1987).
*''Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America.'' Co-authored with David B. Repke. Haworth Press, (2005)

==External links==
* [http://saah.fiu.edu/pages/faculty/ConstantinoManuelTorres.html Florida International University faculty profile]

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