# Urton 2015: Accounting in the King's Storehouse: the Inkawasi Khipu Archive

> Gary Urton, Alejandro Chu, 2015. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The nearest parallel for ground-laid accounting units.

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# Accounting in the King's Storehouse: the Inkawasi Khipu Archive

Gary Urton, Alejandro Chu, 2015. _Latin American Antiquity 26, 512–529_.

Khipus and grid-marked floors in an Inca storage complex at Inkawasi, read as accounting for produce.

**Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"** Articledoi: **[10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512](https://doi.org/10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512)** Checked against the original0

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Urton, G., & Chu, A. (2015). Accounting in the King's Storehouse: the Inkawasi Khipu Archive. Latin American Antiquity 26, 512–529. https://doi.org/10.7183/1045-6635.26.4.512
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