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
61	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	present	None
62	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	absent	None
63	(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	present	None
64	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
65	(Chalukyas of Kalyani)	Full Year Range of Chalukyas of Kalyani is assumed. [973, 1189]	unknown	None
66	(Deccan - Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	absent	None
67	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	unknown	None
68	(Mughal Empire)	Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed. [1526, 1858]	unknown	None
69	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	unknown	None
70	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	None

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