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Quipus and Witches’ Knots [PDF]
, 1967 This essay in cultural anthropology provides a comprehensive view of the way primitive people in all parts of the world once utilized knots; mnemonic knots—to record dates, numbers, and cultural traditions; magic knots—to cure diseases, bewitch enemies, and control the forces of nature; and practical knots—to tie things and hold things together.In his ...
Day, Cyrus Lawrence
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Pilgrimages and quipus: knots and traces on the skin of the earth [PDF]
Estudios de Teoría LiterariaIn this work, through a critique of the Anthropocene –understood as the geological era marked by man's power over the planet– we propose to think of a minimum unit, the knot, as a possibility/becoming and alternative of new fabrics, relationships and ...
Eva Natalia Fernandez +1 more
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DOCUMENTOS, QUIPUS, CLASES E INDIOS. ANDRÉS RADAMÉS ALTIERI EN EL INSTITUTO DE ANTROPOLOGÍA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN / Documents, Quipus, classes and Indians. Andrés Radamés Altieri at the Institute of Anthropology (UN de Tucumán) [PDF]
Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2010 En 1938, tras el retiro de Alfred Métraux de la dirección del Instituto de Etnología de la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, el campo antropológico en esta provincia fue conducido por el especialista en lenguas, Radamés Altieri (1903-1942).
Sergio Rodolfo Carrizo
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Quipus as an instrument of ideological domination in colonial times
, 2022 Los quipus, como un sistema de comunicación y registro, fueron un instrumento que el ingenio indígena creó para expresar asuntos de diversa índole desde tiempos preincaicos.
Ruiz Estrada, Arturo
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Hacia una lexicografía de los quipus : estudio etnohistórico sobre la función y contenido del sistema andino de registros de la información mediante cuerdas y nudos [PDF]
, 2022 Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 07-07-2022La presente tesis de doctorado, titulada “Hacia una lexicografía de los quipus.
Setlak, Magdalena Anna
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Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Heat tolerance is known to be limited by high brain temperature, but most findings pertain to strenuous exercise following artificially altered baseline temperature or with limited opportunity for behaviour. Therefore, we investigated the hypotheses that thermal perceptions, hyperventilation and cerebrovascular responses would be exacerbated ...
Tiarna Stothers +5 more
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Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Ageing is associated with cognitive decline and increased risk of developing neurodegenerative disease. Repeated passive heating, using hot water immersion (HWI), may improve cognitive performance via improved cerebral oxygenation, but this is yet to be examined in older adults.
Daniel D. Piccolo +16 more
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Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Exercise in the heat often causes gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances, which can impair performance. Single amino acid supplementation can attenuate gut damage and enhance exercise tolerance; however, the effectiveness of innate amino acid blends from plant‐based proteins remains underexplored.
Robyn Aitkenhead +4 more
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El modelo de Max Uhle para el estudio de los "quipus", a la luz de sus notas inéditas de trabajo de campo (1894-1897) [PDF]
, 2000 This article illustrates the European models that were applied to the study of the quipu during the XIX century. Emphasis is given to the proposal of German archaeologist Max Uhle (1856-1944), who endorsed the diffusionist theory in vogue at that time ...
Loza, Carmen Beatriz
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Carotid artery dissection linked to intermittent apnoeic swimming: A case–control study
Experimental Physiology, Volume 111, Issue 11, Page 4966-4978, 1 November 2026.Abstract Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection is a rare and potentially devastating cause of cerebral ischaemia, initiated by an intimal tear or rupture of the vasa vasorum, that can lead to an intraluminal thrombus, vascular stenosis, occlusion, or dissecting aneurysm formation.
Damian M. Bailey +14 more
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