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
181	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	present	None
182	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
183	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	present	None
184	(Western Zhou)	Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed. [-1122, -771]	present	None
185	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	present	None
186	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None
187	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	present	None
188	(Egypt - Dynasty II)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty II is assumed. [-2900, -2687]	present	None
189	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	present	None
190	(Egypt - Saite Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Saite Period is assumed. [-664, -525]	present	None

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