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measurement concept · Andes / Inka and later Andean communities · pre-Hispanic–modern contexts
Andean tupu / topo
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Definition
Scholarly work cautions that Quechua/Aymara tupu can mean measure or measuring and was applied to land, distance and other contexts; it need not denote one fixed universal unit.
History & use
Andean productive-land measurement could depend on soil, labor and cultivation conditions, while the term also appears in road/distance contexts.
Modern use
Modern use is context-dependent and varies by region or measurement system.
Sources & evidence
Source tier — · confidence low