Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Road

Talking about transport infrastructure, roads refers to deliberately constructed roads that connect settlements or other sites. it excludes streets/accessways within settlements and paths between settlements that develop through repeated use.   (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]
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Variable Definition
road The absence or presence of road for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Road Description   Edit
191
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
192
(Chuuk - Late Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed.
[1886, 1948]
present
None
193
(Atlantic Complex)
Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed.
[-2200, -1000]
present
None
194
(Beaker Culture)
Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed.
[-3200, -2000]
present
None
195
(Proto-French Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed.
[987, 1150]
present
None
196
(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)
Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed.
[1150, 1328]
present
None
197
(Hallstatt B2-3)
Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed.
[-900, -700]
unknown
None
198
(Early Merovingian)
Full Year Range of Early Merovingian is assumed.
[481, 543]
present
None
199
(Proto-Carolingian)
Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed.
[687, 751]
present
None
200
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
present
None
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