Frank L Salomon: 2 books
The Cord Keepers
Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2004
None of the world’s “lost writings” have proven more perplexing than the mysterious script in which the Inka Empire kept its records. Ancient Andean peoples encoded knowledge in knotted cords of cotton or wool called khipus. In The Cord Keepers, the distinguished anthropologist Frank Salomon...
The Lettered Mountain
A Peruvian Village’s Way with Writing
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Andean peoples joined the world of alphabetic literacy nearly 500 years ago, yet the history of their literacy has remained hidden until now. In The Lettered Mountain, Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia expand notions of literacy and challenge stereotypes of Andean “orality” by analyzing...