ABSTRACT
Llew-Llew Lake is one of the territorial landmarks that the Mapuche people of the coast of Chile have conserved and fought for in order to keep it intact through the years. The conviction of belonging and the certainty that these old places full of history and spiritual meaning are the places of their ancestors are sufficient reasons to reaffirm the patrimonial rights of the Mapuche lavkenche over these territories. In 2002, a woman of the Llew-Llew region informed the Mapuche Museum in Caete that a menkuwe had been found on the north shore of the lake along with some accompanying objects. The difficulties with archaeology in some Mapuche contexts are related to the information obtained from the surveys that are carried out. Currently some archaeologists, conscious of this scenario, are willing to dialogue with the communities and to negotiate the due respect. The people refused to bring the remains to the museum for analysis, documentation, and study.
