# Urton 2003: Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records

> Gary Urton, 2003. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the binary-coding model.

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# Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records

Gary Urton, 2003. _University of Texas Press, Austin_.

Proposes that each khipu cord encodes a sequence of binary choices in its construction (fibre, spin, ply, attachment, knot direction) and that these made up a structured code.

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## What it's used for here

Source for the binary-coding model.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Each cord encodes a set of binary construction choices that together form a large structured sign inventory,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/answers/ANS0D4V82SG64TV/each-cord-encodes-a-set-of-binary-construction-choices-that)

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[Gary Urton](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/people/FIG0D4V7W6J2NP1/gary-urton)

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

The mystery article

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[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)

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## Cite it

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Urton, G. (2003). Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. University of Texas Press, Austin. https://utpress.utexas.edu/9780292785403/
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[Find it at utpress.utexas.edu](https://utpress.utexas.edu/9780292785403/)

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