how was this crop used for religious activities?
oca leaves play a crucial part in offerings to the apus , Inti,  or Pachamama, they  are also often read in a form of divination analogous to reading tea leaves in other cultures
Coca
Coca leaves play a crucial part in offerings to the apus (mountains), Inti (the sun), or Pachamama (the earth). Coca leaves are also often read in a form of divination analogous to reading tea leaves in other cultures
one of the developments of the agricultural societies was the UNANSWERABLE what are the archaeological pieces of evidence to prove that agricultural activities happened in ancient times? Wild grains were collected and eaten from at least 105,000 years ago, starting from around 9500 BC, the eight Neolithic founder crops which were cultivated in the Levant which place in egypt was favorable for farming activities to be carried out? Places near Nile River what crops were cultivated in this country in ancient times? Wheat and barley, alongside industrial crops such as flax and papyrus what crops were cultivated in the indus valley? Barley and wheat any specific reason why this valley was chosen for growing crops? Because of well developed irrigation system by the  Indus Valley Civilization what crops were grown in the south american continent? Potato,  coca, cotton,  peanut, tomato, tobacco, and pineapple what are some of the areas in the continent in which these were cultivated? Cotton was domesticated in Peru with reference to the second crop mentioned in that continent, is it illegal in that continent? Yes, in South America coca leaf is illegal in both Paraguay and Brazil. what are the industrial uses of this crop? Cosmetics and food industries
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Coca [SEP] Religion
Coca has also been a vital part of the religious cosmology of the Andean peoples of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, northern Argentina, and Chile from the pre-Inca period through to the present. Coca leaves play a crucial part in offerings to the apus (mountains), Inti (the sun), or Pachamama (the earth). Coca leaves are also often read in a form of divination analogous to reading tea leaves in other cultures. As one example of the many traditional beliefs about coca, it is believed by the miners of Cerro de Pasco to soften the veins of ore, if masticated (chewed) and thrown upon them (see Cocomama in Inca mythology).