The cord keepers : khipus and cultural life in a Peruvian village

The cord keepers : khipus and cultural life in a Peruvian village /

An ethnography of Andean knot writing, where media convey information without an alphabet or any other visual likeness of speech, examining the ways that such "mute inscription" communicates social experience.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Salomon, Frank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004
Series:Latin America otherwise.
Subjects:
Quipu > Peru > Huarochirí (Province) > History.
Quechua Indians > Peru > Huarochirí (Province) > History.
Quechua philosophy > Peru > Huarochirí (Province)
Quechua Indians > Peru > Huarochirí (Province) > Social life and customs.
Indians, South American > history
Huarochirí (Peru : Province) > History.
Huarochirí (Peru : Province) > Social life and customs.
Peru
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Description
Summary:An ethnography of Andean knot writing, where media convey information without an alphabet or any other visual likeness of speech, examining the ways that such "mute inscription" communicates social experience.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and index.
ISBN:9780822386179
0822386178
1283023954
9781283023955
9786613023957
6613023957
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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