In the present work, we seek to increase knowledge about the integrity and resolution of the open-air site El Péndulo, located within the National Park Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo. This site includes a combustion structure comprising ashes, coals, bones, and lithic artifacts. An archaeofaunal analysis indicates presence of native (Lama guanicoe) as well as exotic (Ovis aries) animal taxa, indicating that the event corresponds to a period posterior to the introduction of ovine cattle in the region (late XIXth century). In this article, we analyze in detail the spatial distribution of the bones that were taxonomically identified and attempt to determine whether specimens of both species are associated with the hearth event, or if any of them might have been deposited before the fire was lit, and thus burned by accident. We analyzed burning features at both macro and microscopic level, determined bone color, and related them to other stratigraphic information. As a result, we were able to determine that both species were associated with the combustion structure and that said structure has a high level of integrity consistent with features expected for a hearth event associated with brief occupation. Lastly, we do not rule out their association with part of the lithic assemblage.