La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs

Me and the dog hiked to the Cieneguilla Petroglyphs just southwest of Santa Fe. This rock art is located on the cliffs above the Santa Fe river. These images were probably created between the 13th and 17th centuries by the ancestors of the people from the present day Cochiti and Santo Domingo pueblos. This location is also located close to the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro which stretched from Mexico City to the Ohkay Owingeh pueblo north of Santa Fe. The old Route 66 that descends the La Bajada hill just to the south followed much of the old Camino Real. Some photos from La Bajada show this particularly treacherous part of the route.