Wari Khipus - An Ancient Andean Information System

(This is a corrected version of the livestream event from March 31, 2021.) Dr. Jeffrey Splitstoser, vice president of Boundary End Archaeology Research Center presented "Wari Khipus - An Ancient Andean Information System". More info: boundaryend.com​
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Lecture Abstract:
“The Wari most likely invented khipus as an aid to administering their empire, (South America’s first) which encompassed most of present-day Peru and existed from ca. CE 600 to 1000. Wari khipus, like the Inca khipus they predate, consist of colored and knotted cords. These portable, sophisticated devices were capable of accurately recording and transmitting information across these vast empires. This talk will discuss the features of Wari khipus and how they compare to Inca khipus, which provide clues as to the way they were used.”
Dr. Jeffrey C. Splitstoser was appointed by George Stuart to serve as Vice President of the Boundary End Center (BEC). Splitstoser and current president, Dr. David Stuart, edit the Center’s two peer-reviewed journals, Ancient America and the Research Reports on Ancient Maya Writing. Splitstoser is an Assistant Research Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University. He is also a research associate of the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley, and a Cosmos Club scholar.
Splitstoser was a Junior Fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks (2005‒2006). As a specialist in ancient Andean textiles, he is part of the Castillo de Huarmey archaeological project, which is excavating Wari textiles and khipus (see the June 2014 issue of National Geographic Magazine). Splitstoser recently received recognition as the textile specialist for the Huaca Prieta Archaeological Project, directed by Dr. Tom Dillehay, where he studied 6,200 year old cotton textiles dyed with the world’s earliest known use of indigo. He received his Master’s degree (1999) and Ph.D. (2009) in anthropology from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. His dissertation is a study of the Early Paracas textiles from Cerrillos in the Inca Valley of Peru.