Wijiji

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Wijiji is a Chacoan Anasazi great house and notable archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, a canyon in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Comprising just over 100 rooms, it is the smallest of the Chacoan great houses. Built between 1110 AD and 1115 AD,[1] it was the last Chacoan great house to be constructed. Somewhat isolated within the narrow wash, it is positioned 1 mile (2 km) from neighboring Una Vida.

[edit] Etymology

Wijiji means greasewood in the Navajo language.

[edit] Citations

  1. ^ Fagan 2005, pp. 6-7.

[edit] References

  • Fagan, B (2005), Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-517043-1.
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