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China - 100.000 years of traditional use of knots? Add 30 quipus

Siblings,

Below are two links on the topic of place the knots in Chinese culture.

The first link suggests using decorative knots exist in China for more than 100.000 years. The second states that before the invention of writing, the Chinese also used knotted strings to record information.

http://www.mresource.com/Fiber/COEPart2/background
_information.htm

http://www.jaars.org/museum/alphabet/people/fu-hsi.htm
Dennis

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