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How Can Data Science Contribute to Understanding the Khipu Code?

Manuel Medrano, Ashok Khosla, 2024. Latin American Antiquity 36, 497–516.

Data-science analysis of khipu cord structures and knotted values, including the Pisco khipu VA 16135 in Berlin with its arithmetic relations between cord groups.

MYS0D5PH04P6DDC · mystery · click to copyMMonte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"Articledoi: 10.1017/laq.2024.5Checked against the original0

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Cited for the khipu that the 2025 paper compares with the hole layout.

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Medrano, M., & Khosla, A. (2024). How Can Data Science Contribute to Understanding the Khipu Code?. Latin American Antiquity 36, 497–516. https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2024.5
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