Mogollon

American  

[moh-guh-yohn] / ˌmoʊ gəˈjoʊn /

noun

1. an extensive plateau or mesa in central Arizona; the southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau.

2. a mountain range in W New Mexico.

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adjective

1. Archaeology. of or relating to an Amerindian culture of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico 100 b.c.–a.d. 1000, characterized by pit houses also used for burials and a distinctive black-on-white pottery decorated with human and animal figures.

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In years with ample precipitation, winter snow that accumulates in the Mogollon Mountains and Black Range provides much of the river's spring runoff.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

While jaguars seem exotic to Arizonans today, McSpadden pointed out that the American southwest has historically been part of the jaguars' northern range, stretching across the Sky Island Mountains and the Mogollon Rim.

From Salon ● May 31, 2024

Around 600 years ago, the Jornada Mogollon people etched 21,000 images of flora and fauna, people and crypto-beasts into the basaltic rubble along the foothills of the Sacramento.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Special correspondent Mogollon reported from Caracas and staff writer McDonnell from Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2019

It is sharply defined from the lowlands of Arizona by the Mogollon Escarpment.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley