Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture
Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture
by Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher
University of Michigan Press
Paper: 978-0-472-06325-3 |
eISBN: 978-0-472-22622-1 (standard)
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOKThis book explores Inca use of knotted cords to transmit information and the problem of interpreting artifacts from distant cultures.