Sentence example with the word 'quipus'

quipus

Last update: September 22, 2015


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The administrative details of government were minutely and carefully organized, and accurate statistics were kept by means of the " quipus " or system of knots.   [Please select]

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These string bundles were called _quipus_, but though quipus are still to be found in collections, the art of reading them is altogether lost.   [Please select]

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_, 467, ii, 67, 608 Pytho (pī’ thō), i, 322 Quaco, ii, 467, 621 Quadrupedal reptiles, i, 41 Quartz, i, 9 Quartzite implements, i, 137 Quaternary rocks, i, 12 Quebec, ii, 254, 620 Quinquereme (kwin’ kw_ĕ_ rēm), i, 469 Quipus, i, 208 Quixada (kë hä’ dä), ii, 207, 208 Ra, i, 250 Races of mankind, i, 87 _sqq.   [Please select]

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They lacked the art of writing, although they possessed a highly developed system of mnemonic aids in the form of curiously knotted and particolored strings called quipus.   [Please select]

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