Mogollon culture

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The Mogollon culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico known for its distinctive pottery, pit-house villages, and early adoption of agriculture.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Native American culture
archaeological culture
pre-Columbian culture
associatedWith Mimbres pottery
burialPractice intramural burials beneath house floors in some phases
decline around 1400–1450 CE in many areas
economy mixed farming and hunting-gathering
evidenceType architecture
botanical remains
ceramics
faunal remains
lithic tools
flourished circa 200 CE to 1450 CE
followedBy historic Apache groups in parts of its area
hasSubculture Forestdale branch
Jornada branch
Lower Gila branch
Mimbres branch
Reserve branch
San Francisco branch
Upper Gila branch
interactedWith Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture
Hohokam culture
Mesoamerican cultures via trade
knownFor black-on-white pottery in later phases
cliff dwellings in some later phases
corrugated pottery
distinctive brownware and red-on-brown pottery
early adoption of agriculture
pit-house villages
rock art
locatedIn Arizona
Chihuahua
New Mexico
Sonora
Southwestern United States
Texas
northern Mexico
mainCrops beans
maize
squash
majorSite Bear Ruin
Galaz Ruin
Gila Cliff Dwellings
Mogollon Village
NAN Ranch Ruin
Three Circle sites
namedAfter Mogollon Mountains
partOf Ancient Puebloan and related cultures of the U.S. Southwest
possibleCausesOfChange drought
migration
social reorganization
potteryDecoration animal motifs
geometric designs
human figures in Mimbres phase
potteryStyle Mimbres black-on-white
brownware
corrugated ware
practiced dryland farming
irrigation agriculture in some areas
precededBy Archaic hunter-gatherer groups of the U.S. Southwest
religion complex ritual life inferred from kivas and ceremonial structures
studiedBy archaeologists
timePeriod Archaic period of North America
Formative period of North America
traded macaws in later periods
shells
turquoise
usedBuildingType above-ground masonry pueblos in later periods
semi-subterranean pithouses
usedStructure kivas in some communities

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