Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument - Southwestern New Mexico (Paper/Non-Laminated Wall Chart) Education & Experience

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument - Southwestern New Mexico (Paper/Non-Laminated Wall Chart) Education & ExperienceThe Mogollon People may not have been aware how the caves they inhabited 1000 years ago were formed, but scientists from the USGS and the National Park Service have described the process on this map. "Stream action" and "spring sapping" excavated the caves which later housed the Gila Cliff Dwellings, located near Silver City in southwestern New Mexico. This poster describes in detail how these two natural erosion processes carved through layers of the

5 - minute quadrangle map for Promontory Butte

Latitude: 34° 15′ 0″ N to 34° 22′ 30″ N

and is protected with a non-glare matte finish so it is both markable and washable

to population distribution

AZ 1974 PR 1984 USGS 7

and other manmade structures

The bottom inset is a map of the United States highlighting Arizona and its neighboring states

* Date: 2003

rivers and lakes and national parks

to latitude

Width In Inches: 17

Information was compiled by the Federal Highway Administration with the assistance of the State highway departments