ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Andean Civilizations, Social Stratification, Recto And Verso

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27 May 2016
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Khipu marh 26/14: social stratification can be measured by type of burial, documents etc. Khipus found in andean civilizations of peru: have to decipher them as one would decipher roman numerals. In bablyonian cuneiform tablets, fired clay preserves symbols used to represent numbers/letters: can start to recognize patterns, each new digit seems to involved adding a. Standardized element to the previous collection: need convention everyone has to agree up meaning of symbols. Khipu system used as a record system: based on lengths, colours, number of knots, patterns, elements include . Direction in which cord is spun: type of attachment knot (recto vs. verso, mixed vs. solid colours, top vs. pendant cords, type of knot: single knot, figure eight knot etc, direction of knot. To be stored, were tightly bound up but not tangled, opened like a book.

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