Code of the Quipu

A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture

de Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher · Publicada por primera vez en 1997

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.