People inhabited this area for 1000 years or more.
By gowestusa Staff
The Mogollon people first moved to what is now the Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico around 500 AD. In the rough and desolate country near the west fork of the Gila River, they first built pit houses and then in approximately 1000 AD they began building surface homes.
Tree-ring dating of the roof timbers in Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument indicates that most of the forty five rooms were occupied from about 1280 to 13
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