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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Mogollon

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

McSpadden observed that this can happen in "multiple ways," from reintroducing populations to the "absolutely critical" goal of protecting their potential habitats like the Sky Islands, the Mogollon Rim and Gila National Forest.

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

The three main groups of the Pueblo people were the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

He and Pendleton had been talking about a camping and hunting trip in the Mogollon Mountains, and he would see if they couldn’t get up the party and go at once.

From The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

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