In the Hopi language, Wupatki is the tall house. This impressive pueblo was inhabited both before and after the eruption of the Sunset Crater volcano between 1064 and 1066 AD. At one time it had more than a hundred rooms facing a walled circular plaza. Just north of the structure is the northernmost ballcourt found in the Southwest. The pueblo may have been built at that location because of its proximity to an impressive blow hole. There is some disagreement in the literature concerning the name of the Indians that built the structure, but more recent articles seem to agree on the term "Sinagua." Although there are articles arguing that the inhabitants were Anazazis. It seems to be current doctrine that the Sinaguas were related to the modern Hopi Indians. But since about 1927, the nomenclature of the settlement and artifact style is called the Pecos Classification, which is as follows:
Paleo-Indian (? BC - 6500 BC)
Basketmaker I (6500 BC - AD 1, an obsolete synonym for Archaic)
Basketmaker II (AD 1 - 500)
Basketmaker III (500-700)
Pueblo I (700-900)
Pueblo II (900-1100)
Pueblo III (1100-1300)
Pueblo IV (1300-1600)
Pueblo V (1600-2000)
See Land Use History of North America Colorado Plateau
According to the dating of the Wupatki site, the pueblo would fall into the Pueblo II time period which corresponds to much of the development of the Chaco Canyon complex in New Mexico.
Paleo-Indian (? BC - 6500 BC)
Basketmaker I (6500 BC - AD 1, an obsolete synonym for Archaic)
Basketmaker II (AD 1 - 500)
Basketmaker III (500-700)
Pueblo I (700-900)
Pueblo II (900-1100)
Pueblo III (1100-1300)
Pueblo IV (1300-1600)
Pueblo V (1600-2000)
See Land Use History of North America Colorado Plateau
According to the dating of the Wupatki site, the pueblo would fall into the Pueblo II time period which corresponds to much of the development of the Chaco Canyon complex in New Mexico.
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