History ETDs

Publication Date

1939

Abstract

The Mogollon Mountain region is probably the least known of any section in New Mexico of similar extent and wealth. The region offers a ripe field for both the archaeologist and the student of modern history.

The region bears evidence, in its many prehistoric ruins, of having at one time supported a large sedentary population. As regards the early inhabitants of this area, E. W. Haury, in his The Mogollon Culture of Southwestern New Mexico says, "A date of 900 in the Mogollon village for pit houses throws some light on the rapidity accompanying the change, for certainly, in the early decades of the 1000s, pueblos were already being built. Pit houses, therefore, survived late in this region, and need not be assigned the great age customarily associated with dwellings of this type."

Since the advent of the white man in the Southwest, the Mogollon Mountains have, however, been the home and hunting grounds of the Apache Indians.

Level of Degree

Masters

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

George P. Hammond

Second Committee Member

N/A

Third Committee Member

Simon Peter Nanninga

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

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