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
291	(Early Pandyas)	Full Year Range of Early Pandyas is assumed. [-300, 300]	present	None
292	(Early Modern Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed. [1650, 1896]	absent	None
293	(Hohokam Culture)	Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed. [300, 1500]	present	None
294	(Alaouite Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Alaouite Dynasty I is assumed. [1631, 1727]	present	None
295	(Kaabu)	Full Year Range of Kaabu is assumed. [1500, 1867]	absent	None
296	(Freetown)	Full Year Range of Freetown is assumed. [1787, 1808]	absent	None
297	(Pre-Sape Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Pre-Sape Sierra Leone is assumed. [600, 1400]	absent	None
298	(West Burkina Faso Red II and III)	Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red II and III is assumed. [1100, 1400]	absent	None
299	(West Burkina Faso Red IV)	Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red IV is assumed. [1401, 1500]	absent	None
300	(Sape)	Full Year Range of Sape is assumed. [1400, 1550]	absent	None

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