# Domenici 1996: Talking Knots of the Inka

> Viviano Domenici, Davide Domenici, 1996. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The claim that khipus encoded syllables, from a document of disputed…

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# Talking Knots of the Inka

Viviano Domenici, Davide Domenici, 1996. _Archaeology 49 (6), November/December 1996_.

Report on the Naples (Miccinelli) manuscript presented by Laura Laurencich-Minelli in 1996: a document attributed to seventeenth-century Jesuits that describes "royal" khipus encoding Quechua words by syllable. Gives the doubts of Bruce Mannheim and Gary Urton about its date and contents.

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The claim that khipus encoded syllables, from a document of disputed authenticity.

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Domenici, V., & Domenici, D. (1996). Talking Knots of the Inka. Archaeology 49 (6), November/December 1996. https://archive.archaeology.org/9611/abstracts/inka.html
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