The knots of Garcilaso: Kipu and Writing in Comentarios Reales (XVII century)

This article offers a philosophical reflection based on an analysis of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega’s discourse regarding the Andean nodal notation system known as kipu. To this end, it first reviews selected passages from the Comentarios Reales in which the characteristics of this archival method are...

• Main Author: Favaron Peyón, Pedro Martín (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2026
• Subjects: kipu; Amerindian “writings”; archives; Inca astronomy; Inca architecture; “escrituras” amerindias; archivo virreinal; astronomía inca; arquitectura inca
• Online Access: https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/6222