# Hyland 2021: Khipus, Khipu Boards, and Sacred Texts: Toward a Philology of Andean Knotted Cords > Sabine Hyland, Sarah Bennison, William P. Hyland, 2021. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the long span of khipu use. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4V7RS67HNW/khipus-khipu-boards-and-sacred-texts-toward-a-philology-of Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu)Hyland 2021 **0** # 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 records** Articledoi: **[10.25222/larr.1032](https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.1032)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Source for the long span of khipu use. ## The document 17 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 17 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Khipus, Khipu Boards, and Sacred Texts: Toward a Philology of Andean Knotted Cords](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. Text taken from the file. Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 2 records [Village communities used khipu boards in ritual into the 1950s.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu/evidence/EVD0D4V86YA6YMB/village-communities-used-khipu-boards-in-ritual-into-the) Evidence EVD [Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` 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 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.1032)[Download PDF ยท 4.5 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/14d876ff9ab5202ee66cb262a163ece9cc448613fd57650185f776690666c2dc) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D4V7RS67HNW Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4V7RS67HNW/khipus-khipu-boards-and-sacred-texts-toward-a-philology-of/csl.json)