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]
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Variable Definition
nonwritten_record The absence or presence of nonwritten record for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Nonwritten Record Description   Edit
131
(Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico)
Full Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed.
[-100, 99]
present
None
132
(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-7500, -5500]
unknown
None
133
(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed.
[-3200, -2500]
unknown
None
134
(Bamana kingdom)
Full Year Range of Bamana kingdom is assumed.
[1712, 1861]
unknown
None
135
(Uigur Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Uigur Khaganate is assumed.
[745, 840]
unknown
None
136
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed.
[1603, 1868]
present
None
137
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed.
[1566, 1713]
present
None
138
(Antebellum US)
Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
present
None
139
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]
present
None
140
(Ghur Principality)
Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed.
[1025, 1215]
present
None
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