La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs
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Location662-674 Paseo Real, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Age400-800 years old
Etymology"Ciénaga", Spanish for "mash"
La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs | |
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 A large collection of petroglyphs on a rock, 2023 | |
  La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs  La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs | |
| Coordinates: 35°36′17″N 106°07′26″W / 35.6047°N 106.1240°W | |
| Location | 662-674 Paseo Real, Santa Fe, NM 87507 |
| Age | 400-800 years old |
| Etymology | "Ciénaga", Spanish for "mash" |
| Defining authority | Bureau of Land Management |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.5 km (0.93 mi)[1] |
The La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs are a rock art site near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a mesa above the Sante Fe River containing thousands of petroglyphs. Followers of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro also pass this site.[2]
The petroglyphs were created by speakers of the Keres and Tanoan languages from the 13th and 17th centuries. Their descendants live in the Cochiti and Santo Domingo pueblos.[2][3] A contrasting theory states the markings were made from 8000 to 2000 BC.[4]
