Gary Urton

Autore di Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

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A recipient of both MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, Gary Urton is the Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books and edited volumes on Andean/Quechua cultures and Inka civilization, including mostra altro Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. mostra meno

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Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and… (2003) 56 copie

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Animal myths and metaphors in South America (1985) 8 copie

Encyclopedia of the Incas (2015) 8 copie

Quipu, contar anudando en el imperio Inka = Quipu, knotting account in the Inka Empire : exposición, julio 2003… (2003) 4 copie

Incké mýty (Bájná minulost) (1999) 2 copie

Mitos Incas/ Inca Myths (El Pasado Legendario/ the Legendary Past) (Spanish Edition) (2003) 1 copia

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Structure, knowledge and representation in the Andes : studies presented to Reiner Tom Zuidema on the occasion of his… 1 copia

Rare Gary Urton / Animal Myths and Metaphors in South America 1985 - Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1985 1 copia

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics (2008) — Collaboratore — 53 copie

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Nome canonico: Urton, Gary
Nome legale: Urton, Gary Dwayne
Data di nascita: 1946
Sesso: male
Istruzione: University of New Mexico (BA | 1969)
University of Illinois (MA| 1971)
University of Illinois (PhD | 1979)

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INCKÉ MÝTY di Gary Urton

Dramatické příběhy, které Inkové vyprávěli o sobě a světě, který je obklopoval – nám jsou dostupné jedině prostřednictvím dokumentů sepsaných španělskými dobyvateli a jejich kronikáři po dobytí incké říše.

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Hanita73 | Mar 30, 2022 |

Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the… di Gary Urton

really interesting but the writing is kinda clunky because he writing to defend his ideas, rather than just presenting the fascinating idea that the khipu where used to communicate in a binary fashion. What's really cool is that he argues that not only were knot position and knot direction binary, but so were thread material and color, as well as other choices that were made. It would be neat to read more of a synthesis of khipu knowledge as well - one which points out where our experts agree or disagree and why.… (altro)

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GoofyOcean110 | Nov 27, 2007 |

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