QUIPU

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:record-keeping_device
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:khipu
gptkbp:discoveredIn archaeological sites in Peru
gptkbp:function record calendrical information
record census information
record numerical data
record tax obligations
gptkbp:language no written language, information encoded in knots
gptkbp:material gptkb:cotton
camelid fiber
gptkbp:method knots represent numbers
gptkbp:period pre-Columbian era
gptkbp:region gptkb:Andes
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Andean_cultures
gptkb:Inca_Empire
gptkbp:significance unique non-written information system
gptkbp:status no longer in use
gptkbp:structure main cord with pendant cords
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkb:mathematician
archaeologists
ethnohistorians
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:Memory_of_the_World_Register_(some_quipus)
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Inca_civilization
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quipuswap
gptkb:QuipuSwap
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label QUIPU