Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Writing Systems

Mnemonic Device

Talking about writing systems, mnemonic devices are: for example, tallies   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
mnemonic_device The absence or presence of mnemonic device for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Mnemonic Device Description   Edit
191
(Byzantine Empire II)
Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed.
[867, 1072]
absent
None
192
(Late Cappadocia)
Full Year Range of Late Cappadocia is assumed.
[-322, -93]
unknown
None
193
(Hatti - New Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Hatti - New Kingdom is assumed.
[-1400, -1180]
absent
None
194
(Early Illinois Confederation)
Full Year Range of Early Illinois Confederation is assumed.
[1640, 1717]
present
None
195
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed.
[1566, 1713]
present
None
196
(Foys)
Full Year Range of Foys is assumed.
[1600, 1892]
present
None
197
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present
None
198
(Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase)
Full Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed.
[1101, 1140]
present
None
199
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]
present
None
200
(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed.
[-256, -125]
unknown
None
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