Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, national monument in southwestern New Mexico, established in 1907. The monument preserves cliff dwellings constructed beginning in about 1280 by the Native Americans known as the Mogollon. Located in a narrow side canyon of the West Fork tributary of the Gila River, these dwellings consist of about 40 rooms constructed in natural cavities in the canyon wall. For unknown reasons, the cliff dwellers abandoned their homes and fields by the early 1300s. Area, 216 hectares (533 acres).

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