Event Title
Read a Rope: Quipos, the Ancient Incan Books
Location
Heights Library - 2345 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Event Website
http://heightslibrary.org/
Start Date
10-23-2014 7:00 PM
End Date
10-23-2014 8:30 PM
Cost to Attend
Free
Pre-registration required?
Yes
Contact Information (for registration)
Registration opens on Oct. 9 - call 216-932-3600, visit any of our four branches, or sign up at http://heightslibrary.org/
Event Type
Class/Workshop/Demonstration, Lecture
Description
One of the earliest record-keeping tools, quipos use knotted rope instead of written numbers and letters. Robin Pease will introduce these little-known implements and teach participants how to read them (and, if time permits, create their own).
Read a Rope: Quipos, the Ancient Incan Books
Heights Library - 2345 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
One of the earliest record-keeping tools, quipos use knotted rope instead of written numbers and letters. Robin Pease will introduce these little-known implements and teach participants how to read them (and, if time permits, create their own).
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/octavofest/2014/all/46
