Mogollon

[ moh-guh-yohn ]

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.

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

North loomed up the lofty, steep rim of the Mogollon Mesa, with its cliffs of yellow and red, and its black line of timber.

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While crossing the Mogollon mountains the weather was quite cold.

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In digging down about the stem, however, I found only the shells of a Mogollon walnut.

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Van was living on metaphorical clover down near Tucson; I was roughing it out on the rocks of the Mogollon.

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To the far northwards, could be43 dimly observed the outlines of the Mogollon range of mountains.

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