The newfound structure was named Quipu, after an Incan counting system that involves using knots on cords. The knots convey information based on numbers, colors, and order. Quipu is considered the ...

Its name, inspired by Inca quipus, evokes its complex filamentary shape, resembling a network of knots and cords. The ...

The Incas had a system of accounting that relied on the quipu. Cords of various colours were attached to a main cord with knots. The number and position of knots as well as the colour of each cord ...

Discovered by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany, the structure has been named Quipu, after the Incan counting system made from knotted rope. Hans Böhringer ...

Explora la historia de los Incas, la civilización más grande de América precolombina. Conoce sus logros en arquitectura, ...