Signs of the Inka Khipu : binary coding in the Andean knotted-string records /

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 recordkeepers encoded a tremendous variety and quantity of data using only knotted and dyed strings. Yet the comparison between compute...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Urton, Gary, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:Uncorrected, advance page proofs.
Series:Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
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Cushing: Nicholas Basbanes (Does not check out)

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Call Number: F3429.3.Q6 U78 2003b
Notes: Donated by Nicholas A. Basbanes. 20151124
This copy was acquired as part of the "Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection." To access the collection, please contact the Cushing Library Reading Room.
 
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