Deciphering the QUIPUS: Museum and Archival Studies of Inca Recording Devices
FAIN: FT-38930-93
Gary Urton
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Hamilton, NY 13346-1338)
Research on colonial Spanish documents produced as transcriptions of khipus, the knotted cords the Inka used as record-keeping and messages.
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A New Twist in an Old Yarn: Variation in Knot Directionality in the Inka khipus (Article)Title: A New Twist in an Old Yarn: Variation in Knot Directionality in the Inka khipus
Author: Gary Urton
Abstract: A description of the khipu system and how it was used.
Year: 1994
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/new-twist-in-an-old-yarn-variation-in-knot-directionality-in-the-inka-khipus/oclc/82031326&referer=brief_resultsPrimary URL Description: WorldCat listing
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Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Baessler Archiv Scientific Journal of the Ethnological Museum of Berlin
Publisher: Reimer-Mann