Kin Ya'a

Kin Ya'a (Navajo: "tall house") is a Chacoan great house and the center of a significant Ancestral Puebloan outlier community. It is located near Crownpoint, New Mexico on the Dutton Plateau, 25 miles (40 km) south of Chaco Canyon.^[1]

Kin Ya'a
Site map (darker lines denote excavated areas)
Location	Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, United States
Nearest city	Gallup, New Mexico
Coordinates	36.06°N 107.95°W / 36.06; -107.95
Built	1080–1100
Architectural style(s)	Ancestral Puebloan
Governing body	National Park Service

The unexcavated building has thirty-five rooms and four kivas, one of which is a four-story tower kiva that can be seen from several miles away. Dendrochronology indicates the structure was built during the late 11th and early 12th centuries. More than one hundred small building sites have been located within 4 square miles (10 km²). The great house is connected to Chaco Canyon by the South Road. As a detached unit of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, the site is controlled by the National Park Service.^[1]