Quipus consist of strings with knots of different colors, sizes, and positions. Each knot and string represents a different piece of information such as numbers, dates, events, or records. Reading a quipu involves interpreting the positions, colors, and types of knots to understand the encoded information.
The quipu rope was what carried messages for the Inca.
Such person is called a Quipucamayuc, which can be translated along the lines of 'He who possesses the power to read the knots'.
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Catherine Mutz has written: 'Quipu' -- subject(s): Incas, Quipu, Antiquities
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The invention is Quipu..
Leslie Leland Locke has written: 'The ancient quipu or Peruvian knot record' -- subject(s): Quipu
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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.