Quipu or khipu-A system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization. Inca culture; Peru; 15th-16th century CE.

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Caption: Quipu or khipu-A system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization. Inca culture; Peru; 15th-16th century CE.

Location: Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia, Lima, Peru

Credit: Erich Lessing / Album

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Image size: 7048 × 4741 px | 95.6 MB

Print size: 59.7 × 40.1 cm | 2774.8 × 1866.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 15TH-16TH • ALPHABET • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN INDIANS: INCA • AMERICAN-INDIAN • CIENCIA • CULT, OLMEC • EPIC • INCA CULTURE • INCA • INCAS • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • LEGEND • MATHEMATICS • MEXICO • MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA Y ARQUEOLOGIA, LIMA, PERU • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • OLMEC CULTURE • OLMEC • OLMECA • PERUVIAN • SCIENCE • SCIENCES • WRITING