Ana María Groot de Mahecha (other sources give second last name Sáenz)[REF] was born in Bogotá on August 29, 1952.
Groot has published on the archaeology and anthropology of pre-Columbian indigenous cultures such as Tierradentro, San Agustín, Nariño, Tairona and the Muisca, predominantly about their use of salt from the mines of Nemocón and Zipaquirá [REF].