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Code of the Quipu

Code of the Quipu1997

A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture

Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher

About this book

Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas to transmit information. Cultural context, mathematics involved, quipu-maker in Inca society-even how to make a quipu. Fascinating for anthropologists, ethnologists, students, general readers.

Details

First published
1997
OL Work ID
OL3349760W

Subjects

MathematicsIncasQuipuIndians of South AmericaInca MathematicsMathematics, IncaEthnomathematics

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