yupana
Sign in to savethumb|A sketch of Quipucamayoc from [[El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno. A yupana is shown in the bottom left.]] thumb|An Inca "table yupana" artifact, possibly unrelated to the historical calculating instrument
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- Types
- History
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
- José de Acosta
- Juan de Velasco
- Table yupana
- The Chordeleg Yupana
- The Caraz Yupana
- The Callejón de Huaylas Yupana
- The Triangular Yupana
- The Chan Chan Yupana
- The Cárhua de la Bahía Yupana
- The Huancarcuchu Yupana
- The Florio Yupana
- Theories based on the Poma de Ayala yupana
- Henry Wassen
- Emilio Mendizabal
- Radicati di Primeglio
- William Burns Glynn
- Nicolino de Pasquale
- Cinzia Florio
- Andrés Chirinos (2010)
- See also
- References
- External links
- Chroniclers of the Indies
- Theory by Wassen and table-Yupana
- Theory by Glynn Burns and school projects
- Theory by De Pasquale
- Theory by C. Florio
thumb|A sketch of Quipucamayoc from [[El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno. A yupana is shown in the bottom left.]] thumb|An Inca "table yupana" artifact, possibly unrelated to the historical calculating instrument
A yupana (from Quechua: yupay 'count') is a counting board used to perform arithmetic operations, dating back to the time of the Incas. Very little documentation exists concerning its precise physical form or how it was used.