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Technical Marvels, Part 3: The Yupana – Communications of the ACM

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“The most common bead frames include Chinese, Japanese, and Russian abacuses as well as school abacuses. Less well known is the Roman hand abacus, of which only three original pieces have survived, and the mysterious Incan counting board, the Yupana. The Incas used knotted cords (quipus or khipus)...” (from the page’s text)

In short: Discover the ancient Peruvian abacus, Yupana - a mysterious counting board used by Incas for calculations and possibly urban planning. Learn about its histor... (AI summary)

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