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ID: 1102100
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1102100
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (deserted settlement)  Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 13 38 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.2270  decimal degrees
Long: 108 16 14 W  degrees minutes   Long: -108.2700  decimal degrees

Elevation:
6030.000  feet    1837.9440  meters

Note: Located in the Gila National Forest near the headwaters of the Gila River. The name "Gila" is derived from the Yuma Indian term hahquahssael, meaning "salty water running." Site of ruins of ancient cliff-dwelling peoples; located 150 feet up in sheer walls of small canyon; Mongollon culture was in area by 200 CE; a later culture flourished here 8th-12th cen., farming rich bottomlands; disrupted by arrival of Paiute ca. 1300.

Names:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,U,N)
Gila Cliff Dwellings (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New Mexico (state)  ............  New Mexico (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Grant (county)  ................  Grant (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (deserted settlement)  ....................  Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  probably inhabited by 200 CE
national monument (C)  ............  since 1907
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Gila Cliff Dwellings..........  [VP]
...................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1262
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument..........  [VP Preferred]
.................................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.................................................................  Library of Congress Subject Headings (2002-) sh 90004464
.................................................................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) 928945
.................................................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) I, 336-337
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1262; I, 336-337
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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