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Signs of the Inka Khipu
Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records
Résumé
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 record-keepers 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 theory that the manipulation of fibres in the construction of khipu created physical features that constitute binary-coded sequences which store units of information in a system of binary recordkeeping that was used throughout the Inka empire.
Détails de l'édition
- ISBN-13
- 9780292785397
- ISBN-10
- 0292785399
- EAN
- 9780292785397
- Éditeur
- University of Texas press (Austin)
- Date de publication
- 1 août 2003
- Langue
- en
- Pages
- 220
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
Provenance des données
- dimensions BnF Catalogue général · 23 juillet 2026
- language Google Books · 8 septembre 2026
- page_count Google Books · 8 septembre 2026
- publication_date Google Books · 8 septembre 2026
- subtitle Google Books · 8 septembre 2026
- summary Google Books · 8 septembre 2026
- title Open Library · 2 août 2026