The Social Life of Numbers: A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy of Arithmetic

By Gary Urton

Book Overview

Unraveling all the mysteries of the khipu --the knotted string device used by the Inka to record both statistical data and narrative accounts of myths, histories, and genealogies--will require an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292785348
• ISBN13: 9780292785342
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"