Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Forms of money

Token

Talking about forms of money, tokens, unlike articles, are used only for exchange, and unlike coins, are not manufactured (example: cowries) (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
token	The absence or presence of token for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Token	Description	Edit
101	(Xianbei Confederation)	Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed. [100, 250]	absent	None
102	(Late Xiongnu)	Full Year Range of Late Xiongnu is assumed. [-60, 100]	absent	None
103	(Zungharian Empire)	Full Year Range of Zungharian Empire is assumed. [1670, 1757]	present	None
104	(Monte Alban III)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban III is assumed. [200, 500]	unknown	None
105	(Kingdom of Norway II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Norway II is assumed. [1262, 1396]	absent	None
106	(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7500, -5500]	present	None
107	(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-5500, -4000]	present	None
108	(Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed. [-4000, -3200]	present	None
109	(Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period)	Full Year Range of Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period is assumed. [854, 1193]	present	None
110	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	None

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