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Item Details
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NARRATIVE THREADS
ACCOUNTING AND RECOUNTING IN ANDEAN KHIPU |
| By: |
Jeffrey Quilter (Editor), Gary Urton (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0292723679 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780292723672 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2002 |
| Series: |
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and |
| Pages: |
391 |
| Description: |
In this benchmark book, twelve international scholars tackle the most vexed question in khipu studies: how did the Inkas record and transmit narrative records by means of knotted strings? |
| Synopsis: |
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 roads and messengers, and created astonishing works of architecture and artistry and a compelling mythology-all without the aid of a graphic writing system. Instead, the Inkas' records consisted of devices made of knotted and dyed strings-called khipu-on which they recorded information pertaining to the organization and history of their empire. Despite more than a century of research on these remarkable devices, the khipu remain largely undeciphered.In this benchmark book, twelve international scholars tackle the most vexed question in khipu studies: how did the Inkas record and transmit narrative records by means of knotted strings? The authors approach the problem from a variety of angles. Several essays mine Spanish colonial sources for details about the kinds of narrative encoded in the khipu. Others look at the uses to which khipu were put before and after the Conquest, as well as their current use in some contemporary Andean communities. Still others analyze the formal characteristics of khipu and seek to explain how they encode various kinds of numerical and narrative data. |
| Illustrations: |
66 b&w figures, 14 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Texas Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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