Resumen de Determining of the origin of "The Peruvian Miner" mummy in Havana, Cuba

Eva Drozdová, Kristyna Brzobohatá, Anna-Maria Begerock, Armando Rangel Rivero, Mercedes González Fernández, Dolores Delgado Miranda, Daniela Fialová

• 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 purifkation using MinElute columns according to Yang et al. (1998), and followed by ampliflcation and sequencing of hypervariable loop of mtDNA. Analyses of the samples were repeated severa! times.

  After considering ali results, we hope to contribute to the discussion concern ing the geographic and cultural ong1n of this mummifled man.