Mogollon culture

Map of major prehistoric archaeological cultures in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico

Mogollon culture (/ˌmɡəˈjn/)[1] 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,[2][3][4] while the southern span of the Mogollon culture is known as Aridoamerica.[5]

The Mogollon culture is one of the most well known prehistoric Southwestern cultural divisions of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.[6] The culture flourished from the archaic period, c. 200 CE, to either 1450[7] or 1540 CE, when the Spanish arrived.[6]

  1. ^ "Mogollon". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ Flores Rangel, Juan Jose (2010). Historia de México I (in Spanish). Cengage Learning Editores. p. 81. ISBN 978-6074811667. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. ^ Brody et al. 23
  4. ^ Austin and Lujan 38
  5. ^ Serrano, Jesus (2019). Antologia de Historia de México I: Tercer Semestre Bachillerato General. p. 44.
  6. ^ a b Peregine, Peter N.; et al. (2001). Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 6: North America. Springer. p. 287. ISBN 978-0306462603. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Mogollon culture". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

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