Khipus, Khipu Boards, and Sacred Texts: Toward a Philology of Andean Knotted Cords

Sabine Hyland, Sarah Bennison, William P. Hyland, 2021. Latin American Research Review 56(2), 400-416.

Traces khipus as texts from about AD 950 to 1950 through colonial "khipu boards" and a village manuscript that describes their ritual use into the 1950s.

Inka khipus: the knotted-cord recordsArticledoi: 10.25222/larr.1032Checked against the original0

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Source for the long span of khipu use.

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Village communities used khipu boards in ritual into the 1950s.

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Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records

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Hyland, S., Bennison, S., & Hyland, W. P. (2021). Khipus, Khipu Boards, and Sacred Texts: Toward a Philology of Andean Knotted Cords. Latin American Research Review 56(2), 400-416. https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.1032

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Hyland, Sabine et al.. “Khipus, Khipu Boards, and Sacred Texts: Toward a Philology of Andean Knotted Cords.” Latin American Research Review 56(2), 400-416 (2021). https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.1032.