quipu

常見例句

The Inca scribes (known as armantus) used the quipu (knotted ropes) to record and store information about the immense holdings of the vast Inca empire.
印加抄寫員們利用結(jié)繩文字記載遼濶印加帝國(guó)大量財(cái)産的資料。
"The researchers used a computer database developed by Brezine to ascertain that khipu, also known as quipu, may have been used as bureaucratic ledgers.
他們認(rèn)爲(wèi)既然不同的奇譜表示從不同區(qū)域收集到的數(shù)據(jù)，那麼，一個(gè)單一的繩結(jié)位於其他結(jié)之上就可能是一個(gè)單詞，表示的是這個(gè)地方自身或財(cái)政數(shù)據(jù)。