Mogollon culture remains one of the understudied southwestern civilizations. Key sites like TJ Ruin have faced excavation challenges related to ancestral land considerations and cultural sensitivity protocols, and some areas have been impacted by historical looting that compromised archaeological context.
Mogollon archaeology underfunded with only three official archaeologists
Key facts
- Mogollon culture severely understudied compared to other southwestern cultures
- Only three official archaeologists working with Mogollon culture
- TJ Ruin site remains unexcavated due to ancestral land restrictions
- Modern Native American descendants restrict excavation of ancestral sites
- Mogollon Cliff Dwellings looted historically with mummy context lost
- Archaeological investigation halted pending Native American approval
- Significant sites may never receive proper excavation
Sources
Mogollon - Archaeology Southwestarchaeologysouthwest.org
People who lived in the Mogollon region in the distant past had much in common with people living in the Ancestral Pueblo region.
Mogollon - Science of the American Southwest (U.S. National Park ...nps.gov
The Mogollon might well be referred to as “Mountain Peoples” because they inhabited the rugged, high-elevation mountain and canyon country ...
Mogollon Culture of Southwestern New Mexico | Arizona Memory ...azmemory.azlibrary.gov
(Emil Walter) Haury, 1904-1992PublisherArizona State Museum|University of ArizonaVolume20DescriptionThis report is concerned with the excavations in two pit ...
Mogollon - Summary - eHRAF Archaeologyehrafarchaeology.yale.edu
Haury originally defined a Mogollon culture characterized by true pit houses (where the pit wall forms the lower house wall) and coiled-and-scraped, brown ...
The Mogollon, an introduction - Smarthistorysmarthistory.org
Around the year 1000, Mogollon peoples began to build above ground and made square living spaces. We also find large round ceremonial rooms that ...
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