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A New Naming Convention for Andean Khipus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2024

Carrie J. Brezine ,
Jon Clindaniel Open the ORCID record for Jon Clindaniel [Opens in a new window] ,
Ivan Ghezzi Open the ORCID record for Ivan Ghezzi [Opens in a new window] ,
Sabine Hyland Open the ORCID record for Sabine Hyland [Opens in a new window]  and
Manuel Medrano Open the ORCID record for Manuel Medrano [Opens in a new window]
Carrie J. Brezine
Affiliation:
Rackham Institutional Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Jon Clindaniel
Affiliation:
Computational Social Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Ivan Ghezzi
Affiliation:
Universidad de Piura, Piura, Peru
Sabine Hyland
Affiliation:
School of Divinity, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK,
Manuel Medrano*
Affiliation:
Department of History, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
*
Corresponding author: Manuel Medrano; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Since the 1970s, hundreds of khipus—Andean knotted-string recording devices—have been named after academic researchers. This practice disassociates individual khipus from their places of origin and reifies scientific inequity. Here, a new convention of the form KH#### (e.g., KH0125) is proposed, which we believe represents a more neutral, direct, and accurate nomenclature. The change is implemented in the Open Khipu Repository (OKR), the largest khipu database.

Resumen

Resumen

Desde la década de 1970, cientos de quipus —implementos andinos de registro de cuerdas anudadas— han recibido el nombre de investigadores académicos. Esta práctica disocia los quipus individuales de sus lugares de origen y contribuye a la desigualdad científica. Aquí se propone una nueva convención de la forma KH#### (por ejemplo, KH0125), que creemos representa una nomenclatura más neutral, directa y precisa. El cambio se implementa en el Open Khipu Repository (OKR), la mayor base de datos de quipu.

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khipu (quipu)nomenclaturedatabasesrenamingkhipu (quipu)terminologíabases de datosrenombramiento
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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 1039 - 1044
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for American Archaeology

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