The six Santa Valley khipus

The six Santa Valley khipus: photo

Matched cord by cord to the 1670 Spanish census of San Pedro de Corongo, the closest thing to a bilingual text for khipus.

TaphonomyMan, 1670. CC BY-SA 4.0

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DocumentManuel Medrano and Gary Urton · doi.org · 2018 · publisherPrimary source: Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal Peru2 steps from the original

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PhotoTaphonomyMan · commons.wikimedia.org · 2023-06-29 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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PictureTaphonomyMan · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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San Pedro de Corongo, Santa valley · Colonial town

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Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal PeruSRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The six Santa Valley khipus [Artifact ART0D4V89W253Z2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4V89W253Z2

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