The Ancient Quipu or Peruvian Knot Record by L Leland Locke (1923).pdf

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Generated on 2013-04-30 08:18 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015053231497

Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google

"If Cadmus is in ysium, the inventor of knot-writing must have some place of honor in the land or souk; and if

the .-pints in that dreamy͏ are capable of satisfaction from what panes in this grosser world, some feather-

cinctured sage may͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏

before the thoughts of living men."—Gy⢭͏⢭͏⢭͏

Twenty͏ears ago the quipu was one of the many͏͏☯͏͏

that time several explorers have found them still in use by͏͏͏

account of their flocks. These modern quipus are easily͏͏͏͏

used by͏body⢭͏͏Ἃ͏͏պ͏͏☯͏͏͏

was the first attempt of any͏͏͏͏͏stery͏͏͏

prehistoric quipu. That this attempt by͏͏͏͏☯͏͏

of Peruvian archaeology͏͏⢭͏͏stery͏͏͏͏͏͏

keepers of the quipu recorded history☯͏☯͏͏⢭͏͏

have been widely͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏

of the possibilities of the quipu that have generally͏⢭͏͏͏

fully͏͏͏͏⢭͏͏☯͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏