[DOC] [TLE] Quipu - Wikipedia [PAR] Quipus, sometimes known as khipus or talking knots, were recording devices 
historically used in a number of cultures and particularly in the region of Andean 
South America. ... For the Inca, the system aided in collecting data and keeping 
records, ranging from ... A quipu could have only a few or up to 2,000 cords. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Scripts: Quipu [PAR] Location, Americas > South America. Time, 2600 BCE to 1550 CE. Direction, 
Various. Civilization in the New World has very deep and ancient roots. ... 
variously written as khipu and kipu), an accounting device based on ropes and 
knots. ... From Spanish colonial sources, quipu was used as an accounting 
device employed... [DOC] [TLE] Quipu - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] May 8, 2014 ... A quipu, or knot-record (also called khipu), was a method used by the Incas and 
other ancient Andean cultures to keep records and communicate. ... this simple 
and highly portable device achieved a surprising degree .... Inca Civilization ... 
across western South America from Quito in the north to Santiago in... [DOC] [TLE] String, and Knot, Theory of Inca Writing - The New York Times [PAR] Aug 12, 2003 ... In the conventional view of scholars, most khipu (or quipu, in the Hispanic 
spelling) were arranged as knotted strings hanging from horizontal cords in such 
a way as to ... A reading of the knotted string devices, if deciphered, could 
perhaps ... of record keeping that could be read throughout the Inca domain. [DOC] [TLE] The Quipu (Quipus) Pre Incan Data Structure. 5000 years old Caral. [PAR] The Quipu or Kipu. pre-Inca data structure, is a system of knotted cords used by 
the ... to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and 
civilization. ... In the absence of written records the quipus served as a means of 
recording .... known quipus, often associated with the Incas whose vast South 
American... [DOC] [TLE] Inca mathematics [PAR] This article looks at the mathematical achievements of one such civilisation. ... 
The quipu was not a calculator, rather it was a storage device. Remember that 
the Incas had no written records and so the quipu played a major role ... For 
larger numbers more knot groups were used, one for each power of 10, .... 
American index. [DOC] [TLE] The Quipu's History - South American Writing Technology [PAR] Quipu Knotted String Technology Record Keeping at Least 1,200 Years Old ... 
historians alike that the South American Inca Empire (AD 1450-1532) kept 
records of their ... archaeological and historical evidence of khipu use in South 
America. ... The competing and contemporary Tiwanaku state also had a cord 
device called... [DOC] [TLE] Use of Knotted String Accounting Records in Old Hawaii and ... [PAR] Abstract: The use of the quipu for accounting purposes has been primarily 
attributed to the ... The Hawaiian use of knotted string records as accounting 
devices is ... was possible between the Pacific Coast of South America and 
Polynesia. .... of the pre-historic mode of keeping memoranda by knotted cords (
chieh shing),... [DOC] [TLE] Quipus (or khipus), are recording devices used in the region of ... [PAR] It could also be made of cotton cords. The Inca used the system to keep records. 
... Quipus (or khipus), are recording devices used in the region of Andean South 
America. ... Inca Quipu - an ancient Inca counting device made of knotted string. 
... Their civilization was decimated in the 18th century but they remain as a strain
... [DOC] [TLE] Inca Quipu | Inca Empire, Ropes and Knots - Pinterest [PAR] Khipu (also spelled Quipu): knotted textile record-keeping devices used by the 
..... Quipus (or khipus), are recording devices used in the region of Andean South 
America. ... The Inca used the system to keep records. The cords contained 
numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten ...... An ancient 
civilization. [DOC] [TLE] Quipu Inca knot writing system 15th century | Inca | Pinterest | 15th ...

Question: The Quipu, a device of knotted cords, was used to keep records in this South American civilization
Answer: Inca