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
171	(Longshan)	Full Year Range of Longshan is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	present	None
172	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	present	None
173	(Northern Song)	Full Year Range of Northern Song is assumed. [960, 1127]	present	None
174	(Allada)	Full Year Range of Allada is assumed. [1100, 1724]	present	None
175	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	present	None
176	(Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1300, -1200]	present	None
177	(Naqada II)	Full Year Range of Naqada II is assumed. [-3550, -3300]	present	None
178	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	present	None
179	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	present	None
180	(Hatti - Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	present	None

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