# Urton 2015: Accounting in the King's Storehouse: The Inkawasi Khipu Archive

> Gary Urton, Alejandro Chu, 2015. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. An excavated archive with context.

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# Accounting in the King's Storehouse: The Inkawasi Khipu Archive

Gary Urton, Alejandro Chu, 2015. _Latin American Antiquity 26(4), 512-529_.

Publishes 34 excavated khipus from the Inka storage site of Inkawasi, some found with chilli, peanuts and beans, and shows paired khipus with near-identical records used as accounting checks.

**Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records** Articledoi: **[10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512](https://doi.org/10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

An excavated archive with context.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The Inkawasi khipu archive](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/artifacts/ART0D4V89CE4RTK/the-inkawasi-khipu-archive)

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[Urton and Chu publish the 34-khipu archive from Inkawasi](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/events/EVT0D4V7YCW6PHM/urton-and-chu-publish-the-34-khipu-archive-from-inkawasi)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Urton, G., & Chu, A. (2015). Accounting in the King's Storehouse: The Inkawasi Khipu Archive. Latin American Antiquity 26(4), 512-529. https://doi.org/10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512)

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**SRC** 0D4V7QSY1SG6

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Journal article

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The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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