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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
mnemonic_device	The absence or presence of mnemonic device for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Mnemonic Device	Description	Edit
41	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	unknown	None
42	(Hallstatt A-B1)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt A-B1 is assumed. [-1000, -900]	unknown	None
43	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
44	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
45	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
46	(Early United Mexican States)	Full Year Range of Early United Mexican States is assumed. [1810, 1920]	present	None
47	(Seljuk Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Seljuk Sultanate is assumed. [1037, 1157]	unknown	None
48	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	present	None
49	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None
50	(Sui Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Sui Dynasty is assumed. [581, 618]	present	None

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