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Stable isotope evidence for the participation of commoners in Inka khipu production
Sabine Hyland, Kit Lee, Hannah Koon et al., 2025. Science Advances 11(33), eadv1950.
Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotopes from the human-hair primary cord of KH0631 indicate a commoner's diet, challenging the view that only male bureaucratic elites made khipus.
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Evidence on who made khipus.
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Hyland, S., Lee, K., Koon, H., Laukkanen, S., & Spindler, L. (2025). Stable isotope evidence for the participation of commoners in Inka khipu production. Science Advances 11(33), eadv1950. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv1950
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title = {Stable isotope evidence for the participation of commoners in Inka khipu production},
journal = {Science Advances 11(33), eadv1950},
year = {2025},
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Hyland, Sabine et al.. “Stable isotope evidence for the participation of commoners in Inka khipu production.” Science Advances 11(33), eadv1950 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv1950.