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Quipu (also spelled khipu) are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the central Andes Mountains of South America. [1] A quipu usually consisted of cotton or camelid fiber strings, and contained categorized information based on three dimensions of color, order and number. [2] .
8 Μαΐ 2014 · A Quipu (khipu) was a method used by the Incas and other ancient Andean cultures to keep records and communicate information using string and knots. In the absence of an alphabetic writing system, this simple and highly portable device achieved a surprising degree of precision and flexibility.
1 Ιαν 2016 · They are quipus, memorials or events registered in strings, on which diverse knots and diverse colors, meant different things. It’s incredible what they achieved this way, how much books can say about history, and laws, and ceremonies, and business accounts.
A quipu is a portable device made of (cotton or camelid wool) string in a two-dimensional array.
9 Οκτ 2023 · Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots? The Incas used a unique system of recording information called quipus, which consisted of woven cords with knots. However, their precise meanings remain unknown. Oct 9, 2023 • By Miljan Vasic, MA Philosophy, BA Philosphy.
The Quipu Peru comes from a Quechua word that is also mentioned as Quipo: Translated means “Knot”. Actually its interpretation process is still ongoing and what is known so far is that the information was stored or recorded in the color of the cord, the extension, the type of knot and its location, as well as the direction of the knot twist.
30 Νοε 2020 · This ancient “operating system,” called quipus, dates back to 2600 BCE. “They were like early computers, early counting machines,” says author and four-time Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Kim MacQuarrie. Quipus were a system of knotted strings that stored data and communicated information.
