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[[File:Wijiji 1.jpg|thumb|right|Wijiji great house]]
'''Wijiji''' is an [[Ancestral Puebloans|Ancestral Puebloan]] [[Great house (pueblo)|great house]] and archaeological site located in [[Chaco Canyon]], in [[New Mexico]], United States.
Comprising just over 100 rooms, it is the smallest of the Chacoan great houses. Built between AD 1110 and 1115,{{sfn|Fagan|2005|pp=6–7}} it was the last Chacoan great house to be constructed. Somewhat isolated within the narrow [[Chaco Wash]], it is positioned {{convert|1|mile}} from [[Una Vida]].
== Etymology ==
''Wijiji'' is a corrupted and garbled mispronunciation of {{spell-nv|Díwózhiishzhiin}}, meaning ''[[Sarcobatus|black greasewood]]'' in the [[Navajo language]].  The name may be the word with the most dotted letters in a row.
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Fagan|first=Brian|title=Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-517043-6}}
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[[Category:Colorado Plateau]]
[[Category:Chaco Canyon]]
[[Category:Pueblo great houses]]
[[Category:Ancestral Puebloans]]
[[Category:Pueblos in New Mexico]]
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