HIKED PICTOGRAPH & MOGOLLON DWELLING TRAIL Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Park, Mimbres, New Mexico

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 15, 2024

We parked at the Lower Scorpion Campground Trailhead. We hiked east for ¼ mile and came to many very clear pictographs painted on a rock cliff area by the Mogollon people. They used a mixture of water and a mineral called powdered hematite. The pictographs have existed 750 years and are still very colorful. A mile farther down the trail we came to remnants of a small two-room Mogollon Cave Dwelling. This shelter is made from clay (for mortar), rocks and water from the nearby river.  

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