Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources by Gary Urton
Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources

Gary Urton

Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources

Gary Urton

319 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

history science informative slow-paced
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Inka khipus--spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors--constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. A...

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