Lmst

#Countingstones

I watched an #Arte documentation about the evolution of #numbers yesterday. The only fact that my brain woke up with this morning was that humanity created numbers 6000 years before #writing.
I didn't believe I remembered that correctly, especially because the oldest writings we found are also well over 3000 years old.

So I went and asked the internet about #CountingStones, and all it told me was the age of the Rolling Stones 🤦
In the end I found an answer because I asked again in German, and there is no band called Zählsteine.

These may be counting stones

Archaeologists found them piled near the kitchen area. Today, #Andean herders use rocks like these to keep track of the size of their herds one stane represents one animal. The herding tamily at Asana also may have counted their herd using such stones

#Countingstones (replica)

TYOD-2000 BC)

Moquegua Region, Peru

These may be counting stones

Archaeologists found them piled near the kitchen area. Today, #Andean herders use rocks like these to keep track of the size of their herds one stane represents one animal. The herding tamily at Asana also may have counted their herd using such stones

Counting stones (replica)

TYOD-2000 BC)

Moquegua Region, Peru

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