Signs of the Inka Khipu : Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records
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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.
العنوانSigns of the Inka Khipu : Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records
مؤلف
الطبعةFirst edition
مكان النشرAustin
الناشرUniversity of Texas
سنة النشر2003
التوريقxiv, 202 p.
إيضاحاتIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings and diagrams
الأبعاد15.2 x 22.9 cm
مادةbook
سلسلةThe Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies
F3429.3.Q6 .U78 2003
ردمك0-292-78540-3
ملاحظاتThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection
الموضوعknots and splices, Quipu, Incas, mathematics, South America
كلمات مفتاحية جغرافيةSouth America