CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quipu, Andean Civilizations, Signify
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Midterm: 20 multiples choices 2 points each, 9 or so short answers 1-3 sentences 60 points. Talk about shifts in technologies, technology determinist (someone came up with technology that changed culture) or culturally determinist (culture needed that technology) Civilization without writing: the incas and the quipu, marcia ascher and robert ascher. Incans were in peru, no exchange of technologies. Quipu: the placement of the yarn, colour, direction of knot all indicate different things, complex syntax depending on where things are placed, have different meanings. People in the civil service, keeping track of society through who has paid taxes, how much surplus they have, etc. Inca scribe (1300s-1600s ad: sumerian clay scribe (2700-1700 bc, egyptian papyrus scribe (2700-1700 bc) There is a relationship between empire and writing. Functions of writing (cid:862)it (cid:373)ade the g(cid:396)o(cid:449)th of states larger than the old city states possible.
