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Una Vida

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Una Vida was that one of the three earliest Chacoan Anasazi great houses; it is now an archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico, United States. Its construction began around 900 AD. Comprising at least two stories and 124 rooms,[1] it shares an arc or D-shaped design with its contemporaries, Penasco Blanco and Pueblo Bonito, but has a unique "dog leg" addition made necessary by topography. It is located in one of the canyon's major side drainages, near Gallo Wash, and was massively expanded after 930 AD.[2]

Etymology

Una Vida means "One Life" in the Spanish language.

Citations

  1. ^ Fagan 2005, p. 26.
  2. ^ Fagan 2005, p. 6.

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