Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
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 km2) national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through executive proclamation on November 16, 1907. It is located in the extreme southern portion of Catron County. Visitors can access the monument by traveling northbound from Silver City, New Mexico, 45 miles (72 km) on NM 15.
Gila Cliff Dwellings as seen from a gorge below
Gila Cliff Dwelling
Looking out from one of the cave dwellings
T-shaped doorway, common in precontact Southwestern stacked stone buildings
Mogollon culture is an archaeological culture of Native American peoples from Southern New Mexico and Arizona, Northern Sonora and Chihuahua, and Western Texas. The northern part of this region is Oasisamerica, while the southern span of the Mogollon culture is known as Aridoamerica.
The rock wall of the canyon, the Cueva de las Ventanas cliff-dwelling is located left of center above a debris-covered cone.
Macaw Pens at Paquimé, Chihuahua
Man and crane, Mangas-Mimbres pot, c. 1000 CE, showing figure-ground reversal
Kinishba Ruins near Fort Apache, Arizona
