# The Puruchuco khipu archive (21 khipus)

> The Puruchuco khipu archive (21 khipus)

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/artifacts/ART0D4V88WT0RA6/the-puruchuco-khipu-archive-21-khipus  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D4V88WT0RA6·Artifact · object

# The Puruchuco khipu archive (21 khipus)

ObjectMITInka period

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18025748).

Harvard Khipu Database Project; OKR. MIT

## Copies 1

**Dataset** Harvard Khipu Database Project; OKR · doi.org · MITPrimary source: [The Open Khipu Repository (v2.1.0)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4V7PB22MEV/the-open-khipu-repository-v2-1-0)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18025748)

## Where it is kept

[Puruchuco](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4V7TZG5XH7/puruchuco) · Inka administrative centre

## Sources 1

- [Khipu Accounting in Ancient Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4V7QJ41MAZ/khipu-accounting-in-ancient-peru)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Puruchuco khipu archive (21 khipus) [Artifact ART0D4V88WT0RA6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4V88WT0RA6
```

Key

**ART** 0D4V88WT0RA6

Kind

Object

Held by

Museo de Sitio Arturo Jiménez Borja, Puruchuco

Dated

Inka period

Licence

MIT

Place

[Puruchuco](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4V7TZG5XH7/puruchuco)

Part of

[Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu)

The record

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