All of the Following Are True of the Use of Quipu

question 48

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of the use of quipu by the Incas except:

• A) 700 of them have been deciphered and translated.
• B) They were used in the Andes long before the Incan empire appeared.
• C) They seem to have been used for keeping records.
• D) Officials passed them upward from level to level in the imperial administration.

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