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Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture
Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher, 1981. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
The foundational study of khipu structure and arithmetic: cord construction, colour, knot types and the sum relations among cords, from the Aschers' own recordings.
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Source for khipu construction and the sum relations.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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Ascher, M., & Ascher, R. (1981). Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. https://archive.org/details/isbn_0472063251
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Ascher, Marcia and Robert Ascher. “Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture.” University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor (1981).