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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

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Banner image: Gila Cliff Dwellings, by Ely Rareshide

A remote and less-visited national monument, the Gila Cliff Dwellings sit at the headwaters of the Gila River. Though people used the natural features for shelter over millennia, people built structures and lived in them from A.D. 1280 through the early 1300s. The sites offer an unusually well-preserved and up-close glimpse into the lives of people archaeologists associate with the Mogollon archaeological culture.

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

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Type of place:
Ancestral Pueblo (Mogollon) sites
Ownership:
National Park Service
Telephone:
(505) 536-9461
Website:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Hours:
Memorial Day - Labor Day, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; otherwise 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Guided tours:
Yes
Entrance fee:
Yes

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