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Quipu (/ˈkiːpuː/ KEE-poo), also
spelled khipu, are
recording devices fashioned from
knotted cords. They were
historically used by
various cultures in...
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khipus and
hybrid khipu-alphabetic
texts in the
Central Andes and is
credited with the
first potential phonetic decipherment of an
element of a
khipu...
- of the empire, finely-woven textiles, use of
knotted strings (quipu or
khipu) for
record keeping and communication,
agricultural innovations and production...
- It was used,
among other peoples, by
Quechua speakers (who
called it "
Khipu"),
Aymara speakers ("Chinu") and
Mapuche speakers ("Püron"). It
could possibly...
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examples listed above: Inka,
Wayna Qhapaq, Qollasuyu, Mama Oqllo, Wiraqocha,
khipu, tampu, ****ur. This
orthography has the
following features: It uses w instead...
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Meeting of the Times,
where the Inca
meets the city's
mayor to
exchange the
khipu representing the
three powers:
munay (to want),
yachay (to know), and llankay...
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other enameled surfaces. The
Incas used
knotted cords known as
quipu (or
khipu) for
keeping records. The
typewriter and
subsequently various digital word...
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messenger sticks (used by, e.g.,
Inuit tribes), the
knotted cords,
khipus or quipus, as used by the Inca. Gr****
historian Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425...
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Train 2017 2 The Clue in the
Papyrus Scroll 2017 3 The
Detour of the
Elephants 2017 4 The
Shackleton Sabotage 2017 5 The
Khipu and the
Final Key 2017...
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phonemes can be
considered a data
system as can the
Incan artefact of the
khipu and an
image stored as pixels. A data
system is
defined in
terms of some...
