That is the name given by archeologists for the people and the style of pottery they made that lived in these cliff dwellings, the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. To get to this remote part of New Mexico is a bit of a detour - it is over an hour north of Silver City NM at the literal “end of the road.” And it is a winding mountain road as well. These were not the only people to live in the area or to use the cliffs for protected living but they were the ones who built the dwellings that you can walk through today. It is also the immediate area where Geronimo the Apache leader was likely born. He was born about 1829 died 1909 and was the last Apache leader to surrender to the US.
