Aconcagua mummy

The Aconcagua mummy was buried inside a semicircular stone structure[3] and found covered in vomit, red pigment, and fecal remains.[4] The body was wrapped in textiles in a style derived from central coastal Peru.[5] Six statuettes were also found buried with the body.[1]

An analysis shows that the boy's diet consisted primarily of maize, quinoa, capsicum, potatoes, and terrestrial meat. A year and a half before his death, his diet became more marine-based.[4] The presence of achiote was also found inside his stomach and colon.[5]

In 2015, DNA was extracted from a 350 mg (5.4 gr) sample from one of his lungs.[1] His mtDNA lineage belongs to a subgroup of Haplogroup C1b, the previously unidentified C1bi (i for Inca).[1] His mtDNA lineage contains 10 distinct mutations from C1b.[1] The researchers determined that Haplogroup C1bi likely arose around 14,300 years ago.[1] An individual from the Wari Empire was found to be a match for this previously unidentified haplogroup.[1][2] In 2018, researchers sequenced the genome of the Aconcagua mummy from a 100 mg (1.5 gr) sample from one of his lungs.[6] His Y-DNA lineage belongs to Haplogroup Q-M3.[7] His specific Y-DNA haplogroup is closest matched by the Choppca people from Huancavelica, a Quechua speaking population, and clusters closer to modern Quechua speaking peoples than Aymara speaking peoples.[7] Overall, the genome of the Aconcagua mummy clusters with modern Andean populations.[8]

• Mummy Juanita