Code of the quipu
a study in media, mathematics, and culture
Edición de la obra Code of the Quipu
| Autor | Marcia Ascher |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Michigan Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1981 |
| Lugar | Ann Arbor |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 166 |
| ISBN-10 | 0472093258 |
| OCLC | 7169684 |
| LCCN | 80025409 |
| Número de Cutter | A813c |
Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas to transmit information. Cultural context, mathematics involved, quipu-maker in Inca society-even how to make a quipu. Fascinating for anthropologists, ethnologists, students, general readers.