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Acerca de dos quipus con características numéricas excepcionales
Bulletin De L'Institut Français D'études Andines, 1996 Two quipus with exceptional numerical characteristics In their thorough description of quipus, Ascher & Ascher observed that in two cases the numbers registered in their strings have a very special relationship to each other.
Pereyra S., Hugo
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SynthÈse, 2002
Quipus are a most intriguing element of the Inca civilization. The original use of these structured knotted cotton or wool cords are yet object of discussion. It seems they were registry systems, with quantitative and qualitative information, used for bureaucratic-administrative purposes.
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Quipus are a most intriguing element of the Inca civilization. The original use of these structured knotted cotton or wool cords are yet object of discussion. It seems they were registry systems, with quantitative and qualitative information, used for bureaucratic-administrative purposes.
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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.
Marcia Ascher
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Le calcul des années et-des mois dans les quipus péruviens
Journal De La Societe Des Americanistes, 1926 Nordenskiöld Erland. Le calcul des années et-des mois dans les quipus péruviens. In: Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Tome 18, 1926. pp.
Nordenskiöld, Erland
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Contar concertando : quipus, piedritas y escritura en los Andes coloniales
, 2013 Páginas 193-243Una tarde de fines de 1581, los caciques y quipucamayos de Lucanas-Laramati, uno de los repartimientos de la provincia de Lucanas, desenvolvieron sus quipus y se aprestaron a «leérselos» al corregidor. Aquella jornada, una serie de cuentas
Curatola, Marco
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ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems, 2013
There has been a steady increase in the utilization of heterogeneous architectures to tackle the growing need for computing performance and low-power systems. The execution of computation-intensive functions on specialized hardware enables to achieve substantial speedups and power savings.
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There has been a steady increase in the utilization of heterogeneous architectures to tackle the growing need for computing performance and low-power systems. The execution of computation-intensive functions on specialized hardware enables to achieve substantial speedups and power savings.
Roel Meeuws +5 more
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Verständliche Wissenschaft, 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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The Accounting Review, 1964
Abstract The article focuses on "quipu," a record-keeping device used by the Inca Indians, one of the more interesting old civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. Incas provide one with another fascinating story of the development of accounting.
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Abstract The article focuses on "quipu," a record-keeping device used by the Inca Indians, one of the more interesting old civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. Incas provide one with another fascinating story of the development of accounting.
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The Information System of Middle Horizon Quipus
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1982exaly +2 more sources