The first inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego arrived from the north of the American continent and due to the end of the last ice age, they could travel by land, until reaching the South end of the continent, at the Strait of Magallanes.
The oldest signs of human inhabitants in Tierra del Fuego are located in the archaeological site of Marazzi, discovered in 1960, that has established two dates of human presence: one dating from 7,640 BC and a more recent one dated at 3,600 B.C.
According to the earliest findings of this important site, during a first stage, its inhabitants would have been mainland hunters, since there were boledoras and the remains of terrestrial animals whose age was determined by the Carbon 14 method.