Wijiji is a Chacoan Anasazi great house and notable archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, a canyon in the U.S.

United States

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 state of New Mexico

New Mexico

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. Comprising just over 100 rooms, it is the smallest of the Chacoan great houses. Built between 1110 AD and 1115 AD, 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

Una Vida

Una Vida is an archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its construction began around 900 AD and it is one of the three earliest Chacoan Anasazi great houses; it...

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Etymology

Wijiji is a corrupted and garbled mispronunciation of , meaning black greasewood

Greasewood

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in the Navajo language

Navajo language

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