Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

Talking about postal sytems, postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers. (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
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Description	Edit
161	(Cahokia - Late Woodland III)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland III is assumed. [600, 750]	absent	None
162	(Mongol Empire)	Full Year Range of Mongol Empire is assumed. [1206, 1368]	present	None
163	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	absent	None
164	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	absent	None
165	(Early Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801]	absent	None
166	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	absent	None
167	(Orokaiva - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942]	absent	None
168	(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7500, -5500]	absent	None
169	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period I)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100]	present	None
170	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	present	None

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