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SIGNS OF THE INKA KHIPU
BINARY CODING
IN THE ANDEAN ... 1
Memory,Writing, and Record Keeping in the Inka Empire 1
Chapter 2
Theory and Methods in the Study of Khipu Binary
Codin...
... no formal investigations were
carried out to verify the origins of the ruins until the University of Texas
excavations in the 1990s. As a result, the first step in our examination of
the site ... appearance of Ara-
nama groups in the vicinity of the Guadalupe River in combination with
the archaeological record supports the theory that these groups are...
... that the seemingly brief interval be-
littles the significance of the damage done to her. The cover of the new de -
luxe DVD goes further, recasting the women as alluring outlaws, seemingly
reinserting ... sweep of the American West, situating the personal develop-
ment of the characters into the visual iconography of the American cine -
ma and history. In The...
... meaning of the journey of the hero twins in search of
their father [as mentioned in the Popol Vuh]. In addition to vengeance, their
mission is to resurrect him from the underworld and thus bring ... her home, the performance
of appropriate rites, and a waiting period ending in the delivery of the child.
e fi nal postliminal rites require the incorporation...
... archaeologists in the region, and
in so doing hastened processes of change in unimagined and unintended
ways. A comparison of the accounts of two leading archaeologists dating
from the close of each of these ... SecretaryofStateCharlesEvans
Hughes assured them that ‘ the Department of State is in entire sympa-
thywiththeviewexpressedinyourletterthattheprincipleofthe...
... is the event dated by
chronometric means. For the Cerén samples, the
dated events are the death of the grass used for roof-
ing thatch and the growth of the tree rings com-
prising the wood. The ... at the site indicate the eruption prob-
ably occurred in August. Further, the positions and
conditions of artifacts indicate the eruption prob-
ably occurred in...
... annexed to
the southern end of the complex.
e variability in tomb types; the size, location, and visibility of these tombs;
the number of individuals buried within them; and the quantity ... Mediterranean origin dating to this period in the Iberian Peninsula), the no-
tion of a Mother Goddess has left a deep impression on the archaeological scholar-
ship of th...
... Arnold
1960 The Rites of Passage. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Rites of Passage and Other Ceremonies 31
believe is a statue of their saint, and here they place their offerings. Deeper into
the ... another cave, there are festivities for the Holy
Cross that include a rite of passage, the changing of the mayordomo in charge of
the ceremonies. Inside t...
... know from
the sources regarding the Etrusca disciplina. In the story of
Tages, Tarchon taught the other principes to use the disci-
plina in their own cities, and they in turn handed down the
lore ... for the transmission of the prophecy.
What were the teachings of Tages? Cicero says that they
pertained to haruspicina, that is, the interpretation of thewill...
... placed inside. Like
the earlier burial, they all had their hands behind
their backs, and none emerged as the primary
occupant. Instead of housing the tomb of a ruler,
the Pyramid of the Moon records ... the status
of those parts, emphasizing their independence,
or, at the very least, their prominent role in the
structure of the whole.
In the following chapt...