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    Marcia Ascher & Robert Ascher

  2. Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, USA

    Marcia Ascher & Robert Ascher

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Ascher, M., Ascher, R. Numbers and relations from ancient Andean quipus. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 8, 288–320 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328435

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