Anthropology 2246F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Crop Circle, Geoglyph
17 Jan 2017
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Limited form of written communication: tallies: quipus, bones, tally sticks, pictography: pertroglyphs, pictographs, geoglyphs, clay tokens, clay envelopes (bulla, clay tablets. A series of ropes tied around runners. Certain people with specializations visited villages with quipus. In terms of language policy, they would grab the most influential people from the places and then allow them to return. Expanding parts of their culture incorporating different groups. A lot of this develops as a way of record keeping. Different colours significant until proven other wise. All sorts of significant ways to use knots to convey different kinds of messages. Base 10 system, place based decimal system = indicates a higher ability by have this representation. Written on the bark of a tree. There are some questions about why they were made. Found all over the world some universal symbols found everywhere that cannot be explained. These petroglyphs are not still being created, however they are still being used.
