# Medrano 2024: How Can Data Science Contribute to Understanding the Khipu Code?

> Manuel Medrano, Ashok Khosla, 2024. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the khipu that the 2025 paper compares with the hole layout.

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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.

**Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"** Articledoi: **[10.1017/laq.2024.5](https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2024.5)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

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

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Khipu from near Pisco (VA 16135a/b)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/artifacts/ART0D5PHCBA4NBR/khipu-from-near-pisco-va-16135a-b)

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[Cord groups of 10, 11 or 12 on the Pisco khipu VA 16135 resemble the sectioned layout.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/evidence/EVD0D5PH50Y164Z/cord-groups-of-10-11-or-12-on-the-pisco-khipu-va-16135)

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[Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)

The mystery article

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[Do the hole counts encode numbers in the way khipus do?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/questions/QST0D5PH3SW7XMQ/do-the-hole-counts-encode-numbers-in-the-way-khipus-do)

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## Cite it

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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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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2024.5)

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