For the first time, really, we can see how information that was of interest to the state was moving up and down in a set of interrelated khipu.
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The use of conventional signs is my definition of writing, ... information is being passed through three different levels in ways suggestive of a conventional system.Gary Urton
We know a great deal of the bureaucracy was occupied in overseeing tribute labor for the state, so I suspect a large percentage of the quipu had to do with labor.
Gary Urton
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