%0 Journal Article %T Primeros datos sobre el transporte, procesamiento y consumo de guanacos en la localidad arqueol¨®gica Heshakaia (sudeste de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) %A ALUNNI %A DANIELA %A ZANGRANDO %A ATILIO FRANCISCO %J Magallania (Punta Arenas) %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-22442012000100019 %X we present the results of faunal studies conducted on the heshkaia archaeological locality (moat, southeastern of tierra del fuego), which occupations span from ca. 1.600 to 200 radiocarbon years bp. at the moment, the excavations and studies carried out indicate that guanacos (lama guanicoe) were the main resources exploited in this sector of tierra del fuego. in this paper, we focus on processing and consumption patterns of this ungulate, and we also consider taphonomic processes that could affect the samples. these data allow a better understanding of the subsistence activities of the populations which inhabited the southern coast of tierra del fuego during the late holocene. %K moat %K hunter-gatherers %K zooarchaeology %K late holocene. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-22442012000100019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en