Scenarios about 'khipu'
A pre-Columbian recording system used by the Inca Empire consisting of colored, knotted strings that encoded numerical and possibly narrative information. Khipus served administrative purposes for census data, tax collection, and record-keeping in an empire that lacked a traditional writing system. Their complex encoding methods continue to intrigue historians studying how alternate forms of information storage might have evolved in civilizations without alphabetic writing.
What If the Inca Quipu System Evolved Into Writing?
Exploring how Andean civilization might have developed if the Inca record-keeping system of knotted cords had evolved into a full writing system, potentially enabling more complex administration and knowledge preservation.