A history of the Khipu / Galen Brokaw.
A history of the Khipu / Galen Brokaw.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N985.01/14
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 300 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Andean media prior to the Spanish conquest. Early Andean societies and semiotic practices ; Middle horizon media and the emergence of the khipu ; The khipu and the Inca state -- The khipu in the early colonial period, 1532-1650. Historiographic khipu and colonial chronicles ; Spanish visitas and adm...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
This book begins by proposing a theoretical model that reconciles orality-literacy studies and media theory in order to avoid the specious dichotomization of societies into those with and those without writing. The more relevant issue is the way in which a given society distributes semiotic functions among the various media that it employs and the...
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A history of the Khipu / Galen Brokaw.
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Cambridge Latin American studies ; 94.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and index.
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N985.01/14
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74Vvdod7p4oy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvdod7p4oy
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0521197791 (hbk.)
9780521197793 (hbk.)
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985.01
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991005966339702626
