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Gareth Cook
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Source:
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Wired
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Date:
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01/01/2007
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Long feature
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This piece uses narrative techniques to "untangle" a puzzle: the ancient Inca's use of intricate knots and what they were for.
In this dense but accessible piece, Cook creates suspense by pursuing an intellectual mystery, a compelling question. He follows a group of scholars in their effort to figure out whether collections of knots made by the Incan civilization were the culture's form of writing.
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