The Ancient Quipu, a Peruvian Knot Record

L. Leland Locke, 1912. American Anthropologist 14(2), 325-332.

Shows that khipu knots record numbers in base ten by position on the cord and knot type.

Inka khipus: the knotted-cord recordsArticleCopy of The khipus of the American Museum of Natural History read by Lockedoi: 10.1525/aa.1912.14.2.02a00070Checked against the original0

What it's used for here

The decipherment of the numerical code.

Cited by on this site 7 records

Khipu numbers are base-ten positional, with an empty position standing for zero.

Answer

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The khipus of the American Museum of Natural History read by Locke

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The khipus of the American Museum of Natural History read by Locke: document

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Locke publishes the decimal knot code

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L. Leland Locke

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Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records

The mystery article

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Is the khipu number system positional with a zero, or non-positional?

Question

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Cite it

Locke, L. L. (1912). The Ancient Quipu, a Peruvian Knot Record. American Anthropologist 14(2), 325-332. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1912.14.2.02a00070

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Locke, L. Leland. “The Ancient Quipu, a Peruvian Knot Record.” American Anthropologist 14(2), 325-332 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1912.14.2.02a00070.