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Autore |
Salomon Frank |
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Titolo |
The cord keepers [[electronic resource] ] : khipus and cultural life in a Peruvian village / / Frank Salomon |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-8223-8617-8 |
9786613023957 |
1-283-02395-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Huarochirí (Peru : Province) History |
Huarochirí (Peru : Province) Social life and customs |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based on print version record |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Unread Legacy: An Introduction to Tupicocha's Khipu Problem, and anthropology's -- 1. Universes of the Legible and Theories of Writing -- 2. A Flowery Script: The Social and Documentary Order of Modern Tupicocha Village -- 3. Living by the Book of the Thousand: Community, Ayllu and Customary Governance -- 4. The Tupicochan Staff Code -- 5. The Khipu Art after the Inkas -- 6. The Patrimonial Quipocamayos of Tupicocha -- 7. Ayllu Cords and Ayllu Books -- 8. The Half-life and Afterlife of an Andean Medium: How Modern Villagers Interpret Quipocamayos -- 9. Toward Synthetic Interpretation |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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