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Subject indicators and the decipherment of genre on Andean khipus
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dc.contributor.author | Hyland, Sabine P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-29T12:30:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-29T12:30:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-11-22 | |
dc.identifier | 267723279 | |
dc.identifier | 4d278132-2a8d-4ee8-8afb-1d7f764fc00a | |
dc.identifier | 85119967282 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hyland , S P 2021 , ' Subject indicators and the decipherment of genre on Andean khipus ' , Anthropological Linguistics , vol. 62 , no. 2 , pp. 137-158 . https://doi.org/10.1353/anl.2020.0004 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-5483 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/24421 | |
dc.description | This research was funded by grants from the National Geographic Society (GEFNE120-14); by the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2017-065); and by a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This article analyzes how khipus, Andean knotted cords for communication, indicated their subject matter. Spanish chroniclers attested to the existence of different genres of khipus; however, scholars have not known how or if khipus indicated the genre of data they stored. Ethnographic testimony reveals that needlework bundles—kaytes—attached to primary cords served as subject indicators. This article surveys post-Inka kaytes, examining one from colonial Huarochirí through an interdisciplinary methodology that provides a model for kayte interpretation. This new evidence about subject indicators supports the hypothesis that khipus encoded information through hierarchical levels of significance, and furthers decipherment. | |
dc.format.extent | 1370543 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Anthropological Linguistics | en |
dc.subject | GN Anthropology | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GN | en |
dc.title | Subject indicators and the decipherment of genre on Andean khipus | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Leverhulme Trust | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Divinity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Social Anthropology | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1353/anl.2020.0004 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2021-11-22 | |
dc.identifier.url | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/837387 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | RPG-2017-065 | en |
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