Mogollon

[ moh-guh-yohn ]

/ ˌmoʊ gəˈyoʊn /

noun

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

a mountain range in W New Mexico.

adjective

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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Van was living on metaphorical clover down near Tucson; I was roughing it out on the rocks of the Mogollon.
Starlight Ranch|Charles King
It is sharply defined from the lowlands of Arizona by the Mogollon Escarpment.
Canyons of the Colorado|J. W. Powell
To the far northwards, could be43 dimly observed the outlines of the Mogollon range of mountains.
Danger Signals|John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
In digging down about the stem, however, I found only the shells of a Mogollon walnut.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the|Various

While crossing the Mogollon mountains the weather was quite cold.
Forty Years Among the Indians|Daniel W. Jones

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