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Definition of "quipus" []

  • Plural form of quipu. (noun)

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Use "quipus" in a sentence
  • "An Inka accounting system that used knotted strings called quipus to record numerical data has long been known to scholars."
  • "In other words, we are seeing a president of a XXI century country propose to go back to an economical system which had been even overcome long ago, even by the Incas: they might not have had real currency or writing but they had the quipus and efficient central planning with extensive intra regional trading."
  • "It's been generally assumed that the quipus are largely accounting records for decades at least."