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Ancient accounting...I love it.
1 posted on 08/11/2005 1:18:18 PM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: wallcrawlr

I'm a frayed knot...


2 posted on 08/11/2005 1:25:05 PM PDT by flashbunny (Always remember to bring a towel!)
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To: wallcrawlr

"Did ancient Inca communicate through knots?"


I'm a frayed knot.


sorry.


3 posted on 08/11/2005 1:25:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: wallcrawlr
If you don't have beads, you make knots. If you have shells available, you can push shells unto the knots. Voila-Early pop-it bead necklace!!

Just think about a pearl necklace...and the little knots.

5 posted on 08/11/2005 1:26:11 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG ping?


8 posted on 08/11/2005 2:00:55 PM PDT by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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To: wallcrawlr
Three figure-eight knots tied into strings may be the first word

Spell check must've SUCKED.

9 posted on 08/11/2005 2:26:34 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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I think the quipu/khipu was an accounting system, but it's knot up to me.

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10 posted on 08/11/2005 10:24:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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Whoops. Thanks FanFan for the ping.


11 posted on 08/11/2005 10:25:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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Inka Dinka Doo

12 posted on 08/11/2005 10:39:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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Possible Pattern Found in Incan Strings
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
Thursday, August 11, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050811/ap_on_sc/knotty_tales


13 posted on 08/11/2005 10:46:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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Professor Works To Unravel Mysteries Of Khipu: Colored,
Knotted Strings Used By The Ancient Incas
Science Daily | 1-5-2004 | University At Buffalo
Posted on 01/05/2004 9:13:02 AM PST by blam
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The Monolith of Pokotia
(Sumerian Language etched on Ancient Mesopotamian Items)!
Bernardo Biadós Yacovazzo & Freddy Arce
FR Post 10-19-2002 | Bernardo Biadós Yacovazzo & Freddy Arce
Posted on 10/19/2002 10:28:48 AM PDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772170/posts


14 posted on 08/11/2005 10:58:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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To: wallcrawlr

Decisions, decisions. Should I keep'em guessin'?


Or should I let 'em see the Rosetta String I found? :-)


15 posted on 08/12/2005 6:15:57 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (No rolling stone ever says, "I want to be a Bryologist when I grow up!")
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17 posted on 11/27/2009 8:41:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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