Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources

* Preface * Acknowledgments * Outline of the Book * Part I. Background *1. What Can We Learn about the Inkas from Study of the Khipus? *2. A Brief Introduction to Tawantinsuyu-the Inka Empire * Part II. Reading Khipus in Social, Political, and Religious Registers *3. Cord Notes for Describing an Inka-Era Village on the Southern Coast of Peru *4. The Ancestors' Calendar: Laguna de los Condores, Chachapoyas, Northern Peru *5. Constructing the Records of the Palace of Puruchuco, Lima Valley *6. Accounting for the Oracle: Record Keeping at Pachacamac, Lurin Valley *7. The Iconography of Inebriation: Engraved and Sculpted Khipu Bars * Part III. Imperial Accounting *8. What Did the Ceque Khipus Look Like? *9. Accounting in the King's Storehouse: Inkawasi, Southern Coast of Peru *10. Counting Heads in Tawantinsuyu * Part IV. Colonial Khipus *11. Accounting for Demographic Collapse? *12. Khipus from a Colonial "Revisit" to the Santa Valley: The "Rosetta Khipu"? * Part V. Summary and Conclusions *13. Structure and History in the Khipus * Appendix. A Khipu Inventory * Notes * References * Index