Signs of the Inka Khipu

Signs of the Inka Khipu Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records - The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this volume, Gary Urton sets forth a theory that the manipulation of fibres 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780292785403
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 302.222
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 332g
Height: 226mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 14mm