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The word khipu refers to?
Khipu (English) Known as talking knot or Quipu (spanish) used in the Inca times. Its a colored spun made of either llama, alpaca or cotton. The spun has numeric value made by knots.
What did the Inca write in?
It is a system called Quipu/ Quipo/ Khipu
Who used khipu a system of recording numbers by tying knots on strings?
The Inca
What is a knotted color string used for keeping records called?
Quipu or khipu (sometimes called talking knots) were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region.
What was quipu used for?
* Quipu or Khipu were recording devices used in the Inca empire. It consisted of coloured spun and plied strings from Illa or Alpaca hair or cotton cords with numeric and values encoded by knots in a base 10 positional system.
What did Inca kings use to communicate with and control their empire?
The Inca had a system called khipu or quipu. It was rope with knots. Scientists think it was an early form of writing. Some say it was all numbers but others compare it to other forms of ancient writing.
What is the record keeping system of the incas?
The Incas used a record keeping system called knotted strings, known as quipus. Quipus consisted of colored and knotted strings made of different materials that represented numbers, dates, and other information. The knots and colors held different meanings, allowing the Incas to record and communicate important data efficiently. However, much of the information recorded in quipus remains a mystery as the precise system of interpretation has been lost.
Did the Incas write or keep records?
The prevailing theory is that quipu, or khipu (a system of knotted strings) is not only a record-keeping system, but actually a type of language. There are accounts of Incan people "reading" or writing history into the strings, in addition to the clear indications that people can read now, of numbers. Unfortunately, after those observations, most of the quipu were destroyed because they were denounced as instruments of Satan, so there are only a limited number left to study. Some scholars believe that the quipu don't contain language at all, and that they were only mnemonic devices helping their creators to tell stories they had already memorized. They are putting together a quipu database to try to tell whose theories are correct.
Did Incas write and keep records?
Yes they didIncans did not write and keep records, which is why much of the information we have now is based on interpretation. There is only one thing the Incans did use to record information, which is called quipo, but no one can figure out what that means yet, all we know so far is that they used it to keep records, related to math. So, the quipo method is no use to us at all. Scientists have collected information on Inca from many sources. One of their sources is from Spanish conquistadors' journals from their invasion in Inca.Anyway, the answer to your question is a NO.--------------Go to http://Archaeology.about.com/od/americanancientwriting/a/quipu.htmThere they describe how that quipu were, we now think, used for very much more than just numerical information."The Inka kept their accounts, their genealogy, their astronomical calculations, and (probably) their stories on a complicated system of cords and knots, called quipu (also spelled khipu). We know this in part because once the Jesuit missionaries of the Spanish Inquisition recognized the range of function of the quipu, they did their best to destroy as many as humanly possible. The description of the quipu as "a system of cords and knots" does not do justice to their complexity; and it is that complexity that is so convincing. Quipus have information stored in them using cord color, cord length, knot type, knot location, cord twist direction. ...... a new book called Narrative Threads, edited by Jeffrey Quilter and Gary Urton, describes how a handful of scholars is working towards cracking the code."If writing is defined as "a system of symbolic representation of facts which permanently stores those facts for later retrieval by anyone familiar with the system used" - then the Inca had writing, but using cloth rather than paper, or payrus or stone or clay.What is still in doubt is whether the quipu match another defintion of writing which says, "a system of permently recording the spoken word." However, some other systems of "writing" such a Egyptian heiroglyphs might also fail to qualify under that defintion.So the answer to your question should start, "The Incas certainly kept records - they appear to have had an efficient bureaucracy running a large empire." But on the question as to whether they had writing, you have to start off with, "It all depends on what you mean by "writing".
Did the Incas write and keep records?
Yes they didIncans did not write and keep records, which is why much of the information we have now is based on interpretation. There is only one thing the Incans did use to record information, which is called quipo, but no one can figure out what that means yet, all we know so far is that they used it to keep records, related to math. So, the quipo method is no use to us at all. Scientists have collected information on Inca from many sources. One of their sources is from Spanish conquistadors' journals from their invasion in Inca.Anyway, the answer to your question is a NO.--------------Go to http://Archaeology.about.com/od/americanancientwriting/a/quipu.htmThere they describe how that quipu were, we now think, used for very much more than just numerical information."The Inka kept their accounts, their genealogy, their astronomical calculations, and (probably) their stories on a complicated system of cords and knots, called quipu (also spelled khipu). We know this in part because once the Jesuit missionaries of the Spanish Inquisition recognized the range of function of the quipu, they did their best to destroy as many as humanly possible. The description of the quipu as "a system of cords and knots" does not do justice to their complexity; and it is that complexity that is so convincing. Quipus have information stored in them using cord color, cord length, knot type, knot location, cord twist direction. ...... a new book called Narrative Threads, edited by Jeffrey Quilter and Gary Urton, describes how a handful of scholars is working towards cracking the code."If writing is defined as "a system of symbolic representation of facts which permanently stores those facts for later retrieval by anyone familiar with the system used" - then the Inca had writing, but using cloth rather than paper, or payrus or stone or clay.What is still in doubt is whether the quipu match another defintion of writing which says, "a system of permently recording the spoken word." However, some other systems of "writing" such a Egyptian heiroglyphs might also fail to qualify under that defintion.So the answer to your question should start, "The Incas certainly kept records - they appear to have had an efficient bureaucracy running a large empire." But on the question as to whether they had writing, you have to start off with, "It all depends on what you mean by "writing".
