30 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 184 
HABITAT 
Sia is located in the upper Sonoran life zone of north-central New 
Mexico, at latitude 35°30’ N. and about 13 miles west of longitude 
106°30’; the elevation is about 5,500 feet above sea level. The 
pueblo lies on the left bank of the Jemez River a few miles below the 
confluence of the Jemez and the Rio Salado (Salt River) (fig. 2); it is 
about 20 miles west of the Rio Grande. Rocky mesas and sandy slopes 
and plains are the principal topographic features. ‘The Jemez Moun- 
tains (maximum elevation about 11,500 feet) lie about 15 miles to the 
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Ficure 2.—Sia and vicinity. 
