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
11	(Hallstatt B2-3)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt B2-3 is assumed. [-900, -700]	unknown	None
12	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
13	(Hallstatt D)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt D is assumed. [-600, -475]	unknown	None
14	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	unknown	None
15	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None
16	(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747]	unknown	None
17	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	present	None
18	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	absent	None
19	(Yehuda)	Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed. [-141, -63]	unknown	None
20	(La Tene A-B1)	Full Year Range of La Tene A-B1 is assumed. [-475, -325]	unknown	None

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