Quipu
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Quipu, also spelled khipu, are record-keeping devices fashioned from knotted cords. They were historically used by various cultures in the central Andes of South America, most prominently by the Inca
An Inca quipu, from the Larco Museum in Lima, Peru.
Representation of a quipu (1890)
Quipu in the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.
Caral–Supe civilization
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Caral–Supe was a complex pre-Columbian era society that included as many as thirty major population centers in what is now the Caral region of north-central coastal Peru. The civilization flourished b
Quipu
…Quipu Khipu An Inca quipu, from the Larco Museum in Lima, Peru. Period c. 2600 BCE – c. 1900 CE Region Central Andes Caral–Supe civilization Paracas culture Wari culture Inca Quipu in the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Quipu ( KEE-poo), also spelled khipu (Ayacucho Quechua: kipu…
Reconstruction of one of the pyramids of Aspero
Remains of platform mound structures at Caral
Caral panorama
The people from the Caral–Supe civilization used vertebrae of the blue whale as stools