Related Books

Signs of the Inka Khipu
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Gary Urton
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-08-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Signs of the Inka Khipu
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Gary Urton
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-06 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Narrative Threads
Language: en
Pages: 394
Authors: Jeffrey Quilter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-05 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Inka Empire stretched over much of the length and breadth of the South American Andes, encompassed elaborately planned cities linked by a complex network of
Inka History in Knots
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Gary Urton
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-04 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Inka khipus--spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors--constitute the only available primary sources on the I
A History of the Khipu
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Galen Brokaw
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book begins by proposing a theoretical model that reconciles orality-literacy studies and media theory in order to avoid the specious dichotomization of so