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It's such a shame that the coding system used by quipus was lost for so long. I bet a lot of quipus were just thrown away because nobody could read them anymore
by cwp 5y ago
It's such a shame that the coding system used by quipus was lost for so long. I bet a lot of quipus were just thrown away because nobody could read them anymore.
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- 29athrowaway 5y agoThe quipu conventions used by the quipucamayocs, the Incan IRS, are still lost. The Qhapaq Simi language used by the Inca nobility is lost forever too.
- ska 5y agoWasn't this intentional (i.e. systematic destruction of records, and suppression of use) ?
- zardo 5y ago> The Council banned and ordered the burning of all Quipus in 1583 because they were used to record offerings to non-Christian gods and were therefore considered idolatrous objects and an obstacle to religious conversion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Lima https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Lima