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"Inca administrative sites preserve khipus and other counting devices associated with the accounting and storage of agricultural goods."
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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Hidden Tax of Compression
Source title By Stones and by Knots: The Counting and Recording of Chili Peppers Stored During the Inca Occupation of the Guarco Administrative Center of Huacones-Vilcahuasi, Lower Cañete Valley, Peru
Source authors Sergio Barraza Lescano; Rodrigo Areche Espinola; Giancarlo Marcone Flores
Source year 2022
Confidence high
Importance mid
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"Monte Sierpe’s segmented hole layout shows numerical patterning and has structural parallels with a locally found Inca-style khipu."
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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Hidden Tax of Compression
Source title Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Source authors Jacob L. Bongers; Christopher A. Kiahtipes; David Beresford-Jones; Jo Osborn; Manuel Medrano; Ioana A. Dumitru; Christine Bergmann; José Román; Carito Tavera Medina; Henry Tantaleán; Luis Huamán Mesía; Charles Stanish
Source year 2025
Confidence high
Importance high
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"Microbotanical remains at Monte Sierpe include maize and willow, and the evidence is consistent with deliberate pre-Hispanic placement of plant material or goods in the holes."
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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Dark Information - Root
Source title Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Source authors Jacob L. Bongers; Christopher A. Kiahtipes; David Beresford-Jones; Jo Osborn; Manuel Medrano; Ioana A. Dumitru; Christine Bergmann; José Román; Carito Tavera Medina; Henry Tantaleán; Luis Huamán Mesía; Charles Stanish
Source year 2025
Confidence high
Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF

"Researchers propose that Monte Sierpe initially functioned as a barter marketplace under the Chincha Kingdom and later as a place for accounting, receiving and distributing tribute within the Inca state."
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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Dark Information - Root
Source title Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Source authors Jacob L. Bongers; Christopher A. Kiahtipes; David Beresford-Jones; Jo Osborn; Manuel Medrano; Ioana A. Dumitru; Christine Bergmann; José Román; Carito Tavera Medina; Henry Tantaleán; Luis Huamán Mesía; Charles Stanish
Source year 2025
Confidence high
Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF

"Monte Sierpe dates to at least the Late Intermediate Period and continued to be used under the Inca."
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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Dark Information - Root
Source title Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Source authors Jacob L. Bongers; Christopher A. Kiahtipes; David Beresford-Jones; Jo Osborn; Manuel Medrano; Ioana A. Dumitru; Christine Bergmann; José Román; Carito Tavera Medina; Henry Tantaleán; Luis Huamán Mesía; Charles Stanish
Source year 2025
Confidence high
Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF

"Monte Sierpe consists of approximately 5,200 precisely aligned holes extending for about 1.5 kilometres."
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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Dark Information - Root
Source title Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe (‘Band of Holes’) in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Source authors Jacob L. Bongers; Christopher A. Kiahtipes; David Beresford-Jones; Jo Osborn; Manuel Medrano; Ioana A. Dumitru; Christine Bergmann; José Román; Carito Tavera Medina; Henry Tantaleán; Luis Huamán Mesía; Charles Stanish
Source year 2025
Confidence high
Importance mid

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