Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Forms of money

Precious Metal

Talking about forms of money, precious metals are non-coined silver, gold, platinum (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
precious_metal	The absence or presence of precious metal for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Precious Metal	Description	Edit
141	(Shiwei)	Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed. [600, 1000]	absent	None
142	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	absent	None
143	(Early Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Early Xiongnu is assumed. [-1400, -300]	absent	None
144	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	absent	None
145	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	absent	None
146	(Early Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801]	absent	None
147	(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	absent	None
148	(Cuzco - Late Intermediate II)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed. [1250, 1400]	unknown	None
149	(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7500, -5500]	unknown	None
150	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	None

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