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Proto-Writing: Mixtec Writing, Pictogram, Old European Script, Quipu, Neolithic Signs in China, Siglas Poveiras, Nsibidi, Aztec Writi

Proto-Writing: Mixtec Writing, Pictogram, Old European Script, Quipu, Neolithic Signs in China, Siglas Poveiras, Nsibidi, Aztec Writi


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Mixtec writing, Pictogram, Old European script, Quipu, Neolithic signs in China, Siglas poveiras, Nsibidi, Aztec writing, Mesoamerican writing systems, Tărtăria tablets, Dongba script, Pre-Christian Slavic writing, Dispilio Tablet, Adinkra symbols, Jiahu symbols. Excerpt: Quipus or khipus (sometimes called talking knots) were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. A quipu usually consisted of colored, spun, and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. It could also be made of cotton cords. The cords contained numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system. Quipus might have just a few or up to 2,000 cords. Quipu is the Spanish spelling and the most common spelling in English. Khipu (pronounced ) is the word for "knot" in Cusco Quechua (the native Inca language); the kh is an aspirated k. In most Quechua varieties, the term is kipu. Most of the information recorded on the quipus consists of numbers in a decimal system. In the early years of the Spanish conquest of Peru, Spanish officials often relied on the quipu to settle disputes over local tribute payments or goods production. Spanish chroniclers also concluded that quipus were used primarily as mnemonic devices to communicate and record numerical information. Quipucamayocs could be summoned to court, where their bookkeeping was recognised as valid documentation of past payments. Some of the knots, as well as other features such as color, are thought to represent non-numeric information, which has not been deciphered. It is generally thought that the system did not include phonetic symbols analogous to letters of the alphabet. However Gary Urton has suggested that the quipus used a binary system which could record phonological or logographic data. To date, no link has yet b...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781233094295
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1233094297
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Mixtec Writing, Pictogram, Old European Script, Quipu, Neolithic Signs in China, Siglas Poveiras, Nsibidi, Aztec Writi
  • Width: 189 mm


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