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Nov 30, 2009
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Mo•gol•lon



Pronunciation: (mō"gu-yōn'), [key]
n.
1. an extensive plateau or mesa in central Arizona; the southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau.
2. a mountain range in W New Mexico.

adj.
Archaeol.of or pertaining to an Amerindian culture of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico 100b.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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