Lost Culture: The Case With The Ancient Incans

Artifacts can tell us a lot about a lost culture, one piece of information can reveal many things about that culture. This is the case with the Ancient Incans and their quipus. The quipus from first glance may seem like a bunch a strings with random knots in it, but this is not the case.
The quipus were used for many things, mainly to keep records. Because the quipus were used for recording things, this suggests that they had some mathematical intelligence. Being able to devise a system where you can track and record all kinds of data suggests this. “Researchers have long had a basic understanding of the numerical system incorporated in the quipus, where knots represent numbers and the relation between knots and strings can represent mathematical