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Khipus, Khipu Boards, and Sacred Texts: Toward a Philology of Andean Knotted Cords
2021
Latin American Research Review
Although the knotted cord texts known as khipus have been created in the Andes for over a millennium (ca. AD 950-1950), their historical philology has been little understood. This study, based on original archival and ethnographic research, analyzes hybrid khipu/alphabetic texts known as "khipu boards," examining their development in colonial Peru, and their role in twentieth-century Andean rituals. Particular attention is paid to a previously unknown sacred manuscript, the Entablo, from the
doi:10.25222/larr.1032
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