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An ethnography of Andean knot writing, where media convey information without an alphabet or any other visual likeness of speech, examining the ways that such "mute inscription" communicates social experience.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salomon, Frank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, ©2004.
Series:Latin America otherwise.
Subjects:
Quipu > Peru > Huarochirí (Province) > History.
Quechua Indians > Peru > Huarochirí (Province) > History.
Quechua philosophy > Peru > Huarochirí (Province)
Quechua Indians > Peru > Huarochirí (Province) > Social life and customs.
Indians, South American > history
Quipu > Pérou > Huarochirí (Province) > Histoire.
Quechua > Pérou > Huarochirí (Province) > Histoire.
Philosophie quechua > Pérou > Huarochirí (Province)
Quechua > Pérou > Huarochirí (Province) > Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Manners and customs.
Quechua Indians.
Quechua Indians > Social life and customs.
Quechua philosophy.
Quipu.
Kulturleben
Huarochirí (Peru : Province) > History.
Huarochirí (Peru : Province) > Social life and customs.
Peru
Huarochirí (Pérou : Province) > Histoire.
Huarochirí (Pérou : Province) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peru > Huarochirí (Province)
Provinz Huarochiri
Quechua.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:An ethnography of Andean knot writing, where media convey information without an alphabet or any other visual likeness of speech, examining the ways that such "mute inscription" communicates social experience.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and index.
ISBN:9780822386179
0822386178
1283023954
9781283023955
9786613023957
6613023957

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