Khipu

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of quipu. alt-of, alternative

    "But a more searching analysis of some 450 of the 600 surviving khipu has called into question this interpretation. Although they were probably mainly accounting tools, a growing number of researchers now think that some khipu were nonnumerical and may have been an early form of writing."

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua khipu.

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