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
151	(Naqada I)	Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed. [-3800, -3550]	present	None
152	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	present	None
153	(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2350, -2150]	present	None
154	(Archaic Crete)	Full Year Range of Archaic Crete is assumed. [-710, -500]	present	None
155	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	None
156	(Chuuk - Late Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948]	absent	None
157	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	present	None
158	(Beaker Culture)	Full Year Range of Beaker Culture is assumed. [-3200, -2000]	present	None
159	(Delhi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Delhi Sultanate is assumed. [1206, 1526]	present	None
160	(Gupta Empire)	Full Year Range of Gupta Empire is assumed. [320, 550]	present	None

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