Wijiji

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, [Fagan 2005, pp. 6-7.] 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.

Etymology

"Wijiji" means "greasewood" in the Navajo language.

Citations

References

* Harvard reference
Last1 = Fagan
Given1 = B
Year = 2005
Title = Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society
Publisher = Oxford University Press
ID = ISBN 0-19-517043-1.