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TitleSigns of the Inka Khipu : Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records

Author

EditionFirst edition

Place of publicationAustin

Year of publication2003

Paginationxiv, 202 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings and diagrams

Dimensions15.2 x 22.9 cm

Materialbook

Series titleThe Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies

Class numberF3429.3.Q6 .U78 2003

ISBN0-292-78540-3

NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection

Geographical keywordSouth America

In this book, Gary Urton sets forth a pathbreaking theory that the manipulation of fibers in the construction of khipu created physical features that constitute binary-coded sequences which store units of information in a system of binary recordkeeping that was used throughout the Inka empire.