The Inca may well have had a writing system, the quipu, which consists of knotted strings of different colors. Certainly used for numeric work, they may also have been used as a kind of writing. Not many have survived, and few know how to read them, but it presents a fascinating way that they recorded data.
All without writing, draft animals, money, or the wheel no less!
The Inca may well have had a writing system, the quipu, which consists of knotted strings of different colors. Certainly used for numeric work, they may also have been used as a kind of writing. Not many have survived, and few know how to read them, but it presents a fascinating way that they recorded data.
Whoa, this is amazing. Thanks for the link, looks like I've some reading to do!