Speaking of Ancient Civ Communications

Posted on June 23rd, 2003 by longestnow.
Categories: chain-gang.

Another (here’s the last one) ancient civs update from fair Harvard: deciphering Inca khipu.  Harvard anthro is wicked cool.  I don’t want to wait for a book to come out with details, I want to track Urton down…

Speaking of Ancient Civ Communications …

1 comment.

David J Edery

Comment on June 24th, 2003.

Awesome article! I wonder about the effectiveness of such a written language… I mean, it seems difficult to quickly glean the meaning from such a complex system (having to take in the position/color/weave/etc all at once). Though I suppose someone doing it since their youth might get accostumed. Hard for me to imagine, though.

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