an extensive plateau or mesa in central Arizona; the southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau.
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a mountain range in W New Mexico.
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Archaeology. of or pertaining 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.