Wijiji
Wijiji is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, in New Mexico, United States.
Overview
[edit]Comprising just over 100 rooms, Wijiji is the smallest of the Chacoan great houses. Built between AD 1110 and 1115,[1] it was the last Chacoan great house to be constructed. Somewhat isolated within the narrow Chaco Wash, it is positioned 1 mile (1.6 km) from Una Vida.
Etymology
[edit]Wijiji is a corrupted and garbled mispronunciation of Díwózhiishzhiin, meaning black greasewood in the Navajo language.
Coordinates: 36°01′34″N 107°52′09″W / 36.0262°N 107.8693°W
References
[edit]- ↑ Fagan 2005, pp. 6–7.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fagan, Brian (2005). Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517043-6.
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