Thanks. Are you summarizing the thread or is that based on evidence and research? I don't see the explanatory power of those theories.
> Oral transmission via an apprentice system
Oral transmission has probably existed everywhere (apprenticeship is a matter of definition, but I get the idea), but very few have achieved anything like the Incas.
> Quipus as a form of proto-writing
Quipus are just numbers, as far as I know. They are great, but don't explain how the enormous amount of other necessary information is transmitted and updated across such a vast geography.
With due respect, what we need is actual research based on actual evidence, not Internet comments (I'm not offering any theories myself!).
> Oral transmission via an apprentice system
Oral transmission has probably existed everywhere (apprenticeship is a matter of definition, but I get the idea), but very few have achieved anything like the Incas.
> Quipus as a form of proto-writing
Quipus are just numbers, as far as I know. They are great, but don't explain how the enormous amount of other necessary information is transmitted and updated across such a vast geography.
With due respect, what we need is actual research based on actual evidence, not Internet comments (I'm not offering any theories myself!).