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Deep in the heart of the Andes, the Inca civilization thrived with a unique and sophisticated form of record-keeping. Quipus, or talking knots, consisted of various colored threads knotted in distinct ways to store information. Each color and knot combination had specific meanings, encoding data ranging from census numbers to resource management. These could include the population of a village, the output of a crop, or the number of soldiers ready for battle. The cords were held by quipucamayocs