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.
НазваниеSigns of the Inka Khipu : Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records
Автор
ИзданиеFirst edition
Место публикацииAustin
ИздательUniversity of Texas
Год выпуска2003
Нумерация страницxiv, 202 p.
ИллюстрацииIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings and diagrams
Размерность15.2 x 22.9 cm
Материалbook
СерииThe Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies
F3429.3.Q6 .U78 2003
ISBN0-292-78540-3
ПримечанияThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection
Географические ключевые словаSouth America