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
141	(East Roman Empire)	Full Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	absent	None
142	(Roman Empire - Dominate)	Full Year Range of Roman Empire - Dominate is assumed. [285, 394]	present	None
143	(Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling is assumed. [1055, 1199]	unknown	None
144	(Cahokia - Moorehead)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Moorehead is assumed. [1200, 1274]	unknown	None
145	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II is assumed. [900, 1049]	present	None
146	(Cahokia - Sand Prairie)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed. [1275, 1400]	unknown	None
147	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	present	None
148	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	None
149	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	present	None
150	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	absent	None

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