Khipu — Social Studies definition
An Andean knotted-cord recording system with varied and still-studied functions.
Where it is taught
- Indigenous Americas: Maya, Mexica, Andes & Wider Societies — Americas, European Reforms & Atlantic Encounters, Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750, Grade 9
In use
Inka governance used roads, labor obligations, and administrative tools including khipu, knotted-cord records.
Indigenous Americas: Maya, Mexica, Andes & Wider Societies