# The Santa Valley match is coincidental or the result of choosing which cords to sum.

> Still possible: The Santa Valley match is coincidental or the result of choosing which cords to sum.

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Answer · Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records

# The Santa Valley match is coincidental or the result of choosing which cords to sum.

The Santa Valley match is coincidental or the result of choosing which cords to sum.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Applying the same summation choices to other khipus of similar size often reproduces the tribute total.

## What would rule it out

- A permutation test over the OKR shows the match is rare.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Internal sums are common in khipus, so totals can be reached in more than one way.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/evidence/EVD0D4V848C189J/internal-sums-are-common-in-khipus-so-totals-can-be-reached)

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## The questions it answers

[Can specific khipus be matched to the colonial documents that transcribe or describe them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/questions/QST0D4V7ZVR3G4E/can-specific-khipus-be-matched-to-the-colonial-documents)

Part of [Do any khipus record language, or only numbers and categories?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/questions/QST0D4V7ZKY6123/do-any-khipus-record-language-or-only-numbers-and-categories)

Most likelyThe Santa Valley khipus record the 1670 revisita, and more such pairs can be found in colonial archives

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Santa Valley match is coincidental or the result of choosing which cords to sum. [Answer ANS0D4V840J15A3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D4V840J15A3
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