Inca recording system unknotted</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Inca recording system unknotted"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Inca,recording,system,unknotted"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">12-08-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Inca recording system unknotted</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_H2WfSGyfYZgU50GVgWgz_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">New York, USA (Newsday): Three figure-eight knots tied into strings may be the first word from the ancient Inca in centuries. Many of these strings have turned out to be a type of accounting system, but interpreting them has been complex. Gary Urton and Carrie J. Brezine of Harvard University say they have found a three-knot pattern in some of the strings, called khipu, that they believe identifies them as coming from the city of Puruchuco, about seven miles north of modern Lima, Peru. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-knotty-tales,0,4997234.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines " target="blank">www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-knotty-tales,0,4997234.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines </a> <br><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1008?etoc" target="blank">www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1008?etoc</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show