quipu

One strand on a quipu can therefore contain several numbers.

They used a series of strings hung from a long rope called a quipu.

Only 700 or so quipu have been preserved, since the Spanish destroyed them as a matter of policy.

He published briefly on the quipu system of the Inca.

Some historians believe only the Quipucamayocs that made the specific quipu could read it.

Evidence has emerged that the quipu may also have recorded logographic information in the same way writing does.

A completely different system is that of the quipu, which recorded numbers on knotted strings.

The Incas had no written language, but used quipu, a system of knotted strings, to record information.

High temperatures can increase embrittlement and deterioration of the quipu fibers.

Originally it was thought that Quipu were used only as mnemonic devices or to record numerical data.

As mentioned, the Inca conducted detailed censuses using the quipu.

The exact use of quipu in this and later Andean cultures has been widely debated.

An educated Inca who could understand quipu text.

While patrimonial quipu collections have not been accounted for in this database, their numbers are likely to be unknown.

The paradox would be resolved if indeed the quipu encode a writing system as well as numbers.

Since it isn't known how to interpret the coded or non-numeric data, some scholars still hope to find that the quipu recorded language.

For instance, a cord may contain the sum of the next n cords, and this relationship is repeated throughout the quipu.

Any crafting material used to form shapes such as clay, wood, metal, glass, wax, or quipu.

The church led book & quipu burning in South & Central America as well.

Control Data Corporation used Quipu as the basis of their X.500 product.

He misidentifies the quipu as Aztec in origin.

This would be a significant finding, if true, since it points to the quipu encoding generally understood signs, not a personal set of signs.

The Inca used quipu or bunches of knotted strings, for accounting and census purposes.

One night she receives a coded message in the form of a knotted belt (quipu) from a former associate of her husband.

Saskia's skills in decryption see her solve the puzzles quickly, leading her first to the second quipu.