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Mo⋅gol⋅lon

[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
3. 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.
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Mo·gol·lon   (mō'gə-yōn')   
n.  A Native American culture flourishing from the 2nd century B.C. to the 13th century A.D. in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico, especially noted for its development of pottery.

[After the Mogollon (Plateau).]
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