Determining the Origin of „the Peruvian Miner“ Mummy, in Havana, Cuba

DROZDOVÁ, Eva, Kristýna BRZOBOHATÁ, Anna-Maria BEGEROCK, Armando RANGEL RIVERO, Mercedes GONZÁLES, Dolores DELGADO MIRANDA and Dana FIALOVÁ. Determining the Origin of „the Peruvian Miner“ Mummy, in Havana, Cuba. Canarias Arqueológica. Museo de Naturaleza y Arqueología, 2021, vol. 22, No 2021, p. 677-681. ISSN 1888-4059. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31939/canarq/2021.22.59.

Basic information

• Original name: Determining the Origin of „the Peruvian Miner“ Mummy, in Havana, Cuba
• Name in Czech: Studium původu mumie "Peruánského horníka" z Havany na Kubě
• Authors: DROZDOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Kristýna BRZOBOHATÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Anna-Maria BEGEROCK (276 Germany), Armando RANGEL RIVERO, Mercedes GONZÁLES (724 Spain), Dolores DELGADO MIRANDA (724 Spain) and Dana FIALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Canarias Arqueológica, Museo de Naturaleza y Arqueología, 2021, 1888-4059.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10700 1.7 Other natural sciences
• Country of publisher: Spain
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/21:00124088
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.31939/canarq/2021.22.59
• Keywords (in Czech): Mumie peruánského horníka; Museum Montané; Kuba; ancient DNA; mtDNA
• Keywords in English: Mummy of Peruvian Miner; Museo Montané; Cuba; ancient DNA; mtDNA
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The Museo Montané in Havana (Cuba), exhibits a mummy named “the Peruvian Miner”. Originally, during the 1970s, the origin of this mummy was determined as being Peruvian. This was strongly influenced due to the close ties between Cuba and Peru. A recent macroscopic investigation of the mummy, however, put that interpretation in doubt. Additionally, DNA analysis was started by aDNA purification using MinElute columns according to Yang et al. (1998), and followed by amplification and sequencing of hypervariable loop of mtDNA. Analyses of the samples were repeated several times. After considering all results, we hope to contribute to the discussion concerning the geographic and cultural origin of this mummified man.

Abstract (in Czech)

V muzeu Montané na Kubě je vystavována mumie zvaná "Mumie peruánského horníka". Podle vzhledu této mumie panovaly o jejím původu pochybnosti. Analýza mtDNA ukázala na evropský původ.