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
61	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	None
62	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	present	None
63	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	None
64	(Elam - Crisis Period)	Full Year Range of Elam - Crisis Period is assumed. [-1100, -900]	present	None
65	(Buyid Confederation)	Full Year Range of Buyid Confederation is assumed. [932, 1062]	unknown	None
66	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	unknown	None
67	(Early Dynastic)	Full Year Range of Early Dynastic is assumed. [-2900, -2500]	present	None
68	(Elam III)	Full Year Range of Elam III is assumed. [-612, -539]	present	None
69	(Neo-Babylonian Empire)	Full Year Range of Neo-Babylonian Empire is assumed. [-626, -539]	present	None
70	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	present	None

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