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La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs
35.6047° N, -106.1240° E
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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.
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Petroglyph creation
13th–17th centuries
1991 bird survey
1991
Alternate dating hypothesis
8000 to 2000 BC
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