[Aztlan] Andean Discussion Group postings

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Some exchanges on the Andean and Amazonian Archaeology Discussion Group;



On Nov 6, 9:02 pm, "marthano... at hawaii.rr.com" <marthano... at gmail.com>
wrote:
 > Were the quipu capable of enabling a user to perform arithmetic  
and/or
 > mathematical calculations?
 > Thanks,
 > Martha


Kipus were used for accounting. They cannot be used for math because
they do not have moving parts.
For more information, visit:

http://khipukamayuq.fas.harvard.edu/index.html

best

Mike



José de Acosta wrote that the Inca used corn kernels for their math.
If you scroll to the bottom of this page
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Inca_mathematics.html
you'll see a yupana, or counting board.

Kat
Founder/Director - The Hall of Ma'at
http://www.hallofmaat.com



http://www.caralperu.gob.pe/aspero/index.htm
I was looking at the website for Aspero and I'm a bit confused.  The
graphics on the site show a sunken circular plaza, has one been found
there?

Kat
Founder/Director - The Hall of Ma'at
http://www.hallofmaat.com



Katherine,
The first link below is to a story on Aspero which points out that
there are two circular sunken plazas uncovered at Aspero so far. The
2nd link is to my Andean World site which has that article and others
on the earliest cities in Peru.

http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/2005summer/stories/horizons.html

Mike Ruggeri's Andean World
http://tinyurl.com/2o79jy

Mike Ruggeri



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