Quipus or talking knots<\/a>.\u00a0 Quipus were recording devices made of thread or string and knotted to portray meaning and value.\u00a0 Based on a base ten positional system calendar information, taxes, census records, military organization and more could be recorded and read off of something that looks more like a necklace or body ornament.\u00a0 Similar systems were used by the Inca, the ancient Chinese and native Hawaiians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am currently studying how intellectual property laws can be used to protect Traditional Knowledge – because of course I am – but there was something amazing in my lesson the other day:\u00a0 Quipus or talking knots.\u00a0 Quipus were recording devices made of thread or string and knotted to portray meaning and value.\u00a0 Based on… Continue reading Amazing writing systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[160],"class_list":["post-7949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-language"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8863,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/adventures-in-nos\/","url_meta":{"origin":7949,"position":0},"title":"Adventures in NOS","author":"leems","date":"March 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The interwebs makes it easy to believe that there is a general interconnectedness of all things. 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