Saturday, April 16, 2011

Gila Cliff Dwellings




These are the Gila Cliff Dwellings that we hiked up to see. (And climbed down the ladder to leave) they are thought to have been occupied/built by the Mogollons about 1200 - a small community of about 30 people lasting about 30 years. The information is sketchy because a lot of damage was done to the caves in the last 100 years. They had a nice spring in the valley below, and it would have been quite protected from the elements.

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