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Writing with Twisted Cords: The Inscriptive Capacity of Andean Khipus
Sabine Hyland, 2017. Current Anthropology 58(3), 412-419.
Studies two khipus kept in the village of Collata and described as letters, and argues from the variety of their cord types that they could encode syllables such as lineage names.
What it's used for here
Source for the phonetic reading and for colonial testimony about narrative khipus.
Cited by on this site 5 records
Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records
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Hyland, S. (2017). Writing with Twisted Cords: The Inscriptive Capacity of Andean Khipus. Current Anthropology 58(3), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1086/691682
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Hyland, Sabine. “Writing with Twisted Cords: The Inscriptive Capacity of Andean Khipus.” Current Anthropology 58(3), 412-419 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1086/691682.