### id250524322 Cahokia imported caffeine from far away > Cahokians, it seems, kept the festivities going in part by catching a buzz. And since the native range of yaupon is hundreds of miles from the city site, we know they put significant effort into obtaining it. > That, in turn, may have cemented the plants' place in ritual life. "Part of their value is in the difficulty of acquiring them," said anthropologist Patricia Crown, who led the analysis of the beakers. "You had to have the networks to be able to get the substance if it was really important to your religious system. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fmsp56hyp836j8h51kb9vmvy) - [[The US Lost, Ancient Megacity by Jen Rose Smith#id250524322 Cahokia imported caffeine from far away|View in Vault]]