Wijiji is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, in New Mexico, United States.

Contents

• Overview
• Etymology
• References
• Bibliography

Overview

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

Wijiji is a corrupted and garbled mispronunciation of Díwózhiishzhiin, meaning black greasewood in the Navajo language.

Coordinates: 36°01′34″N107°52′09″W / 36.0262°N 107.8693°W / 36.0262; -107.8693

References

Bibliography

• 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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