quipu: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: NPR - A lock of hair may have just changed what we know about life in the Incan Empire. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Added material about a quipu made of a woman's hair and its implications for quipu use in Incan society. | Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Quipu. | Apr 06, 2016 | ||
| Added "khipu," a common variant spelling of "quipu." |
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Apr 06, 2015 | |
| Article thoroughly revised. | Apr 06, 2015 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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