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Toward a Grammar of the Inka Khipu: Investigating the Production of Non-numerical Signs

Jon Clindaniel, 2019. PhD dissertation, Harvard University.

Analyses non-numerical khipu signs and argues they functioned as predicates in binary, hierarchical pairs, conventional across the empire but limited by genre and region, and proposes readings for several.

MYS0D4V7T824S7F · mystery · click to copyMInka khipus: the knotted-cord recordsThesisChecked against the original0

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Source for the label-grammar reading.

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Clindaniel, J. (2019). Toward a Grammar of the Inka Khipu: Investigating the Production of Non-numerical Signs. PhD dissertation, Harvard University. https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42029631
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