Knot numbers used as labels for identifying subject matter of a khipu

This investigation presents a new way to look at the numerical khipu, a knotted-string recording device from Pachacamac (Peru), and the types of information it contains. In addition to celestial coordinates, khipu knots apparently pertain to an early form of double-entry accounting. This study hypot...

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Main Author: Alberto Saez-Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Nariño 2013-03-01
Series:Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática
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Online Access:http://www.revista.etnomatematica.org/index.php/RLE/article/view/52/58