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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. The 533-acre (2.16 km 2) national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through executive proclamation on November 16, 1907. [3]
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument – amerykański pomnik narodowy, znajdujący się w stanie Nowy Meksyk. Na jego obszarze znajdują się ruiny kamiennej osady wybudowanej przez Indian kultury Mogollon w pionowym urwisku. Odkryto tu ponad 100 budynków. Największy składa się z około 200 pomieszczeń.
14 wrz 2024 · In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one or two generations. By approximately 1300, the Mogollon had moved on, leaving the walls behind.
For thousands of years, groups of ancient nomads used caves above the Gila River as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home.
31 paź 2023 · The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument offers a glimpse into the homes and lives of the Mogollon people who lived there from the 1280s to the early 1300s.
18 mar 2021 · Surrounded by 560,000 acres of pristine wilderness, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is one of the more challenging National Park Service units to visit in the lower 48 states.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is located in the Gila Wilderness within the Gila National Forest. Within a few miles of the cliff dwellings, elevations range from around 5,700 to 7,300 feet above sea level.
