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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 mehr anzeigen Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. weniger anzeigen
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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) 55 Exemplare
The Social Life of Numbers: A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy of Arithmetic (1997) 32 Exemplare
At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: An Andean Cosmology (Latin American Monographs: No. 55) (1981) 24 Exemplare
Skywatching in the Ancient World: New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy Studies in Honor of Anthony F. Aveni (2007) — Herausgeber — 16 Exemplare
Quipu, contar anudando en el imperio Inka = Quipu, knotting account in the Inka Empire : exposición, julio 2003… (2003) 4 Exemplare
Mitos Incas/ Inca Myths (El Pasado Legendario/ the Legendary Past) (Spanish Edition) (2003) 1 Exemplar
Mythes incas 1 Exemplar
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- Urton, Gary
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- Urton, Gary Dwayne
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- 1946
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- University of New Mexico (BA | 1969)
University of Illinois (MA| 1971)
University of Illinois (PhD | 1979)
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INCKÉ MÝTY von 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.
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.… (mehr)
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