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
201	(La Tene B2-C1)	Full Year Range of La Tene B2-C1 is assumed. [-325, -175]	unknown	None
202	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	unknown	None
203	(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)	Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed. [1501, 1701]	present	None
204	(Ashanti Empire)	Full Year Range of Ashanti Empire is assumed. [1701, 1895]	present	None
205	(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)	Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987]	present	None
206	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	present	None
207	(Mahajanapada era)	Full Year Range of Mahajanapada era is assumed. [-600, -324]	present	None
208	(Ubaid)	Full Year Range of Ubaid is assumed. [-5500, -4201]	present	None
209	(Magadha - Maurya Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Maurya Empire is assumed. [-324, -187]	present	None
210	(Satavahana Empire)	Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 203]	present	None

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