Khipu, llautu: A family of textile Texts; [Khipu, llautu: Una familia de Textos textiles]

Abstract

Textile art style patterns belonging to a unique ethnic group express specific information. They may be present in khipu configuration, since it is also a textile. Khipu would thus belong to the textile objects family of a given human group. Specific style khipu configuration could be considered an identity sign of a given ethnic group, which I propose in this article. The association of each archaeological khipu to a specific ethnic group and, within it, to a level of indigenous administration, is plausible. © 2019 Universidad de Tarapaca.