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
81	(Late Angkor)	Full Year Range of Late Angkor is assumed. [1220, 1432]	present	None
82	(Khmer Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Khmer Kingdom is assumed. [1432, 1594]	unknown	None
83	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	present	None
84	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	present	None
85	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	present	None
86	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	present	None
87	(Eastern Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	present	None
88	(Elam I)	Full Year Range of Elam I is assumed. [-900, -744]	present	None
89	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None
90	(Ghur Principality)	Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed. [1025, 1215]	present	None

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