"It follows, the authors suggest, that non-elites also made, or at least contributed to making, Inka #khipus." amazing work
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In her FirstView piece, Karen Thompson introduces an object-literature framework that connects #objects to the #literature that references them. Applying her framework to #khipus, she demonstrates how it can aid researchers & facilitate the production of new knowledge.
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Enjoy an incredibly fascinating piece on the ongoing attempts to decipher the khipus - the lost Inca (proto) writing system based on knots tied on cords.
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www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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Centuries-old Inca khipus in the Peruvian Andes may encode climate records. Llama-fiber tassels, not knots, tracked drought and ritual. A living archive of ecology and memory. #AndeanArchaeology #ClimateHistory #IndigenousKnowledge #Khipus
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Instead of #writing on clay tablets or papyrus, as other ancient societies did, the #Incas recorded information by tying #knots into long cords they called #khipus. Only a few Andean villages have preserved their khipus through the centuries ...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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"One of the most important lost writing systems in history, is that of the Inca empire. Instead of writing on clay tablets/papyrus, as other ancient societies, Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called #khipus."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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Speaking of #Incas - it would be short-sighted to just reduce them to their mastery of #trepanation. Just look at these skillful #khipus, a most fascinating way of #communicating and #storing...
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