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The Logical-Numerical System of Inca Quipus
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 1983Summary: Quipus, used by the Incas during the sixteenth century, were sophisticated devices for recording and transmitting codified information. They are a part of the global history of data handling and computation. This paper describes the logical-numerical system expressed through these multicolored spatial arrays of knotted cords.
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1972
Schrift oder Schriftzeichen im Sinne unserer Auffassung waren im alten Peru unbekannt. Es scheint daher fast unbegreiflich, wie die einheitliche Gestaltung und der Aufbau des grosen Reiches sich ohne schriftliche Ubermittlung vollzog, oder wie die wirtschaftliche, militarische und soziale Organisation zur Bildung eines Staates gefuhrt hat, der seiner ...
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Schrift oder Schriftzeichen im Sinne unserer Auffassung waren im alten Peru unbekannt. Es scheint daher fast unbegreiflich, wie die einheitliche Gestaltung und der Aufbau des grosen Reiches sich ohne schriftliche Ubermittlung vollzog, oder wie die wirtschaftliche, militarische und soziale Organisation zur Bildung eines Staates gefuhrt hat, der seiner ...
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Historically Speaking—: The Peruvian Quipu
The Mathematics Teacher, 1967Man, having curiosity as one of his basic characteristics, has long desired to unlock the secrets of those who have gone before him in time. Thus, he has embarked on archeological expeditions, has studied history books, has consulted ancient sources of information, and has generally set about looking for the answers to his questions.
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Le Sound Quipu de Brain Forest Quipu : tisser notre conscience sonore
CircuitCet article relate le processus de création des éléments soniques pour l’installation Brain Forest Quipu de Cecilia Vicuña, une commande du Turbine Hall du Tate Modern en 2022. La célèbre poète et artiste visuelle Cecilia Vicuña a travaillé avec l’auteur sur plusieurs projets et médiums, donnant lieu à cette collaboration, à laquelle plusieurs ...
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Stenus quipu Puthz 2017, nov.sp.
2017Published as part of Puthz, Volker, 2017, Übersicht über die neotropischen Arten der Gattung Stenus LATREILLE mit seitlich ungerandetem Abdomen und gelappten Tarsen (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 351. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen, pp.
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Quipus and Yupanas as Imperial Registers
2018The Incas used the quipu, a knotted cord device, for administrative and historical record-keeping. This chapter summarizes the modern scholarship on the quipu, which uses colonial documents and analyses of the construction and numerical composition of surviving quipus.
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The Incan Quipu and the Jacobsen Hypothesis
Journal of Accounting Research, 1974In a 1964 Journal of Accounting Research article,' Lyle Jacobsen hypothesized that the quipu, an artifact of the Incan civilization, was used to keep records on a double-entry basis. He further states that if the quipu was in fact a double-entry device, then the Incans were the first to use a double-entry accounting system.
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