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2024-01-31 FotL in Evolix
Alternatives to “Nugget”?
Gary Urton
High in the Andes, Keeping an Incan Mystery Alive
In 1583, after the Spanish conquered the Incan Empire, the Catholic Church banned the quipu system of record-keeping used throughout the Incan Empire. Ledgers, censuses, and tax records were - essentially - erased. Histories, genealogies, and creation myths were quashed.
Khipu Database Project (2002)
Khipumayuq (keepers of the khipus)
Khipus
Manny Medrano
Modern memory, ancient methods
QUIPU Markets
The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots
The innovative technology that powered the Inca
Untangling an Accounting Tool and an Ancient Incan Mystery
We thought the Incas couldn't write. These knots change everything.