Petroglyphs & Pueblo Myths of the Rio Grande

From Chapter One:

The petroglyphs discussed in this book are found on the cliff face of a small mesa above the abandoned pueblo village of La Cienega near the convergence of the lower Cienega River and the Santa Fe River at a place known today as Santa Fe Canyon, New Mexico. Many small streams, rising in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east, join to form the Santa Fe River. The river flows generally west to the townsite of Santa Fe, then southwest along the Agua Fria Road for about 9 miles. There it turns south and enters the Santa Fe Canyon. This canyon, originally a fissure in the basaltic lava flow of La Bajada Mesa, has been further carved and eroded overtime by the waters of the Santa Fe River. The river is joined about midway in the canyon by the Cienega River on the east bank. The two streams converge at the head of a small peninsular mesa that is the site of the petroglyphs.