[PDF.63jy] Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

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 | #864292 in Books |  Gary Urton |  2003-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.75 x6.00l,.80 | File type: PDF | 216 pages

 | Signs of the Inka Khipu Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted String Records Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre Columbian Studies

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||23 of 51 people found the following review helpful.| Unfinished Research|By Robert T. Myers|I approached this book with anticipation, since it was widely touted as revealing the secrets of the Incan "binary" coding system. But it turns out Dr. Urton here is reporting on research which is essentially incomplete. There's no question that he is a stand-out as a quipu scolar, and that he has identified new aspects of how quipus are| |"Urton's work is scholarly and painstakingly thorough and is a valuable contribution to our understanding of Inca inscription that makes good use of ethnographic and ethnohistorical work on the Andean region." (The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Inst

In an age when computers process immense amounts of information by the manipulation of sequences of 1s and 0s, it remains a frustrating mystery how prehistoric Inka recordkeepers encoded a tremendous variety and quantity of data using only knotted and dyed strings. Yet the comparison between computers and khipu may hold an important clue to deciphering the Inka records. In this book, Gary Urton sets forth a pathbreaking theory that the manipulation of fibers in the co...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)   |  Gary Urton. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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