# Medrano 2018: Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal Peru

> Manuel Medrano, Gary Urton, 2018. 12 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The strongest khipu-to-document match and the main evidence for…

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

Manuel Medrano, Gary Urton, 2018. _Ethnohistory 65(1), 1-23_.

Matches six khipus to a 1670 revisita of 132 named tributaries in six ayllus around San Pedro de Corongo: the first cords of 133 six-cord groups total the assessed tribute, and recto or verso attachment divides the tributaries into moieties.

**Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records** ArticleCopy of **[The six Santa Valley khipus](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/artifacts/ART0D4V89W253Z2/the-six-santa-valley-khipus)** doi: **[10.1215/00141801-4260638](https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-4260638)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The strongest khipu-to-document match and the main evidence for non-numerical labels.

## Cited by on this site 12 records

[Non-numerical features form a code of labels for places, social groups and divisions that can be decoded…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/answers/ANS0D4V81AM19B3/non-numerical-features-form-a-code-of-labels-for-places)

Answer

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[The Santa Valley khipus record the 1670 revisita, and more such pairs can be found in colonial archives.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/answers/ANS0D4V83GY29X6/the-santa-valley-khipus-record-the-1670-revisita-and-more)

Answer

ANS

[The six Santa Valley khipus](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/artifacts/ART0D4V89W253Z2/the-six-santa-valley-khipus)

ART

[The six Santa Valley khipus: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/copies/CPY0D4V8A3W2BA2/the-six-santa-valley-khipus-document)

CPY

[Santa Valley khipus and the 1670 Corongo revisita](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D4V885C4DSC/santa-valley-khipus-and-the-1670-corongo-revisita)

Dataset

DAT

[133 six-cord groups against 132 named tributaries; first-cord values total the assessed tribute.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/evidence/EVD0D4V83RR62YN/133-six-cord-groups-against-132-named-tributaries-first-cord)

Evidence

EVD

[Construction features such as attachment direction carry information in at least one decoded set.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/evidence/EVD0D4V831A33T7/construction-features-such-as-attachment-direction-carry)

Evidence

EVD

[In the Santa Valley khipus, recto or verso attachment of first cords divides the 1670 census tributaries into…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/evidence/EVD0D4V81JE3RPV/in-the-santa-valley-khipus-recto-or-verso-attachment-of)

Evidence

EVD

[Medrano and Urton match six Santa Valley khipus to a 1670 census](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/events/EVT0D4V7YMP5BPA/medrano-and-urton-match-six-santa-valley-khipus-to-a-1670)

EVT

[Manuel Medrano](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/people/FIG0D4V7WP679E8/manuel-medrano)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[Can specific khipus be matched to the colonial documents that transcribe or describe them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/questions/QST0D4V7ZVR3G4E/can-specific-khipus-be-matched-to-the-colonial-documents)

Question

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## Cite it

```
Medrano, M., & Urton, G. (2018). Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal Peru. Ethnohistory 65(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-4260638
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-4260638)

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