Mogollon

American  

[moh-guh-yohn] / ˌmoʊ gəˈyoʊn /

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.

Example Sentences

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

Some of the proposed sites for “rewilding” include the Mogollon Plateau, the Northern and Southern Rocky Mountains and areas near Yellowstone National Park.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2019

There is local pride over how he fought, single-handed, with a broken and unloaded rifle, the largest grizzly bear ever known in the surrounding Mogollon Mountains.

From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by McClintock, James H.