Knotcount / Chapter 04 · Census & Tribute · Folio 012
Harvest Cycle 1438
Reading the cords · Cuzco province tallies

Tribute does not arrive in one caravan — it accumulates across the highland cord.

Maize tribute, by valley · fanega-equivalents knot-tally · place-value cord
0 1.5K 3.0K 4.5K 6.0K 5,847 4,213 3,062 2,118 1,405 726 URUBAMBA VILCANOTA APURÍMAC MANTARO MARAÑÓN SANTA
Spotlight cord · Urubamba
5,847fanega
+38% vs. prior cycle
On the knot-reading

The longest cord carries the heaviest count. Color, not position, names what is owed — ochre for maize, sienna for herds, indigo for labor-days.

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