Download or read book Part 1 The Secret of the Peruvian Quipus Part 2 Calculations with Years and Months in the Peruvian Quipus written by Erland Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comparative Ethnographical Studies written by Erland Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Peruvian Quipu written by Leslie Leland Locke and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplementary Notes on the Quipus in the American Museum of Natural History written by Leslie Leland Locke and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Calculations with Years and Months in the Peruvian Quipus written by Erland Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Quipus and Witches Knots written by Cyrus Lawence Day and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay in cultural anthropology provides a comprehensive view of the way primitive people in all parts of the world once utilized knots; mnemonic knots—to record dates, numbers, and cultural traditions; magic knots—to cure diseases, bewitch enemies, and control the forces of nature; and practical knots—to tie things and hold things together. In his discussion of mnemonic knots, the author analyzes the Peruvian quipus (or knot-calendars and knot-records) and suggests that the Inca astronomer-priests, known to have been accurate observers of the movements of the planets, may also have been able to predict the dates of lunar eclipses; and he shows how it is possible to manipulate the Ina abacus in accordance with the decimal system. His treatment of magic knots includes instances from Babylonian times to the present, with curious examples of the supernatural power attributed to the Hercules knot (i.e., the square knot) in Egypt, Greece, and Rome. His analysis of a little-known treatise on surgeons’ slings and nooses, written by the Green physician Heraklas, is the first detailed account of the specific practical knots used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Quipus and Witches’ Knots, which is abundantly illustrated, often surprises the reader with the unexpected ways in which the once universal dependence of men on knots has left its mark on the language, customs, and thought of modern civilized peoples.
Download or read book Handbook of South American Indians The Andean civilizations written by Julian Haynes Steward and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comparative Ethnographical Studies pt 1 The secret of the Peruvian quipus pt 2 Calculations with years and months in the Peruvian quipus written by Erland Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Science of Knots written by John Christopher Turner and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In view of the explosion of mathematical theories of knots in the past decade, with consequential applications, this book sets down a brief, fragmentary history of mankind's oldest and most useful technical and decorative device - the knot.
Download or read book Mathematics of the Incas written by Marcia Ascher and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas. Cultural context, mathematics involved, and even how to make a quipu. Over 125 illustrations.
Download or read book Handbook of South American Indians written by Julian Haynes Steward and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Secret of the Peruvian Quipus written by Erland Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
