An Andean Recording Device That Uses Knotted Strings in a Positional

question 36

Multiple Choice

An Andean recording device that uses knotted strings in a positional decimal system is called a

• A) quipu.
• B) tampu.
• C) huaca.
• D) shicra.
• E) waranqa.

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