Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Nonwritten Record

Talking about writing systems, nonwritten records are more extensive than mnemonics, but don't utilize script. example: quipu; seals and stamps (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
nonwritten_record	The absence or presence of nonwritten record for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Nonwritten Record	Description	Edit
1	(Soviet Union)	1923 CE 1991 CE	present	None
2	(Jin)	Full Year Range of Jin is assumed. [-780, -404]	present	None
3	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	unknown	None
4	(Ottoman Empire III)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839]	present	None
5	(Foys)	Full Year Range of Foys is assumed. [1600, 1892]	present	None
6	(Badarian)	Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed. [-4400, -3800]	present	None
7	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	None
8	(Proto-Carolingian)	Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	unknown	None
9	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	unknown	None
10	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	present	None

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