The Inca's used the quipu to record numbers since they didn't have a form of writing. The quipu is a system of strings and knots used to represent numbers so that the Inca's wouldn't have to write down anything.
to keep record
The invention is Quipu..
They don't. The art of using the quipu and reading its meaning has been lost. Researchers have not been able to find anyone who has retained the knowledge, so they have set up a program via computer to analyze and interpret the quipus in their possession. It is a work in progress and they have not fully reported on their results.
As a writing system to record information about the ruler
the incas used the quipus to keep records
The Inca's used the quipu to record numbers since they didn't have a form of writing. The quipu is a system of strings and knots used to represent numbers so that the Inca's wouldn't have to write down anything.
Inca's
Count
Catherine Mutz has written: 'Quipu' -- subject(s): Incas, Quipu, Antiquities
They used a group of knotted strings called a quipu. The varying knots in a quipu represented different place values, making it easy to count crops or populations or anything that could be numbered in this way.
The Inca tied knots on a rope called quipu. It was used as record keeping.
The Inca tied knots on a rope called quipu. It was used as record keeping.
to keep record
The invention is Quipu..
The Inca Empire did not use any form of writing that we are familiar with today. They used a special type of record-keeping called a Quipu. A Quipu consisted of various knots and cords, storing its information in the cord colour, length, type of knot, location of knot, and what direction the cord was twisted.
Leslie Leland Locke has written: 'The ancient quipu or Peruvian knot record' -- subject(s): Quipu