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Quipu

Quipu (/ˈkiːpuː/ KEE-poo), also spelled khipu (Ayacucho Quechua: kipu, ; Cusco Quechua: khipu, ), are record-keeping devices fashioned from knotted cords. They were historically used by various cultures in the central Andes of South America, most prominently by the Inca Empire.

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Period
c. 2600 BCE – c. 1900 CE
Region
Caral–Supe civilization · Paracas culture · Wari culture · Inca

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Collections and number of quipus

Preservation

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Virtual quipu exhibitions

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Quipu

Nodes179
Edges178
Triples218
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011173
Components1

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Quipu

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related to Film and television · 43
Quipu → Amazon, ARE YOU KNOT ENTERTAINED, As, Bender, But, Characters, Da Vinci's Demons, Diego, Dora, Double Jeopardy, Earth, El Dorado, Episode, February, Final Conflict, Futurama, GaGa Armlets, GiGi, Gold, In Episode
related to Literature · 25
Quipu → Amal El-Mohtar, Ammonite, Andean, Blue, Catalina, Chapter, Columbian Peru, Fall, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Knotted, Lose, Max Gladstone, Natasha Pulley, Neal Stephenson, Nicola Griffith, Nicole Galland, Patrick O’Brian, Quechua, Quipus, Researchers
related to Virtual quipu exhibitions · 20
Quipu → Andean Life, Arte Precolombino, Counting, Culture, Dumbarton Oaks, Empire, Explore, Google Arts, Incas, Inka Empire, Knots, Lima Art Museum, Museo Chileno, National Institute, Standardizing, Standards, Technology Museum, The Khipu Keepers, Undeciphered Accounts, Written
related to Numeric usage · 16
Quipu → Each, EE, In, Inca Garcilaso, Leslie Leland Locke, Locke's, Marcia Ascher, Most, On, Robert Ascher, Starting, The, The Aschers, These, Vega, While Spanish
related to Games · 14
Quipu → Amelie, Braided Net, Braided Quipu, Catan, Death Stranding, Inka, Inkas, Ixalan, Magic, Q-Pid, Rise, The, The Gathering, The Lost Caverns
related to Contemporary social importance · 11
Quipu → Anthropologists, Ceremonies, Cuzco, Even, Inca, Peru, The, These, This, Today, While
related to Spanish Empire · 11
Quipu → Andean, Christian, Francisco Pizarro, Hernando Pizarro, In, It, Lima, Spanish, Spanish Empire's, The, Third Council
related to Inca Empire · 10
Quipu → According, Guaman Poma, Inca, Members, Quechua, Quipucamayocs, Spanish, Tawantin Suyu, The, They
related to Collections and number of quipus · 9
Quipu → Europe, Gary Urton, Inka Khipu, Most, North, Signs, South America, The, Their
related to Etymology · 8
Quipu → Aymaran, Cusco Quechua, English, Khipu, Quechua, Quechuan, Spanish, The

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quipus inca used system cords information spanish also number knots khipu known peru knot empire use would may record many

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
QuipuPeriodc. 2600 BCE – c. 1900 CE1.00infobox
QuipuRegionCaral–Supe civilization1.00infobox
QuipuRegionParacas culture1.00infobox
QuipuRegionWari culture1.00infobox
QuipuRegionInca1.00infobox
Quipuis atraditional spelling based on the Spanish orthography0.90text
Quipuis aform most commonly used in both Spanish and English0.90text
wool or hair from alpacainstance ofeither spun and plied thread0.80text
llamainstance ofeither spun and plied thread0.80text
guanaco or vicuñainstance ofeither spun and plied thread0.80text
though are also commonly made of cellulose like cottoninstance ofeither spun and plied thread0.80text
Quipurelated to Collections and number of quipusThe0.60section

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