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
131	(Longshan)	Full Year Range of Longshan is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	present	None
132	(Great Ming)	Full Year Range of Great Ming is assumed. [1368, 1644]	absent	None
133	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	present	None
134	(Early Wei Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed. [-445, -225]	present	None
135	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	absent	None
136	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	present	None
137	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	unknown	None
138	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	unknown	None
139	(East Roman Empire)	Full Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	present	None
140	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	None

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