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
201	(Middle Wagadu Empire)	Full Year Range of Middle Wagadu Empire is assumed. [700, 1077]	unknown	None
202	(Early Monte Alban I)	Full Year Range of Early Monte Alban I is assumed. [-500, -300]	unknown	None
203	(Monte Alban Late I)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban Late I is assumed. [-300, -100]	unknown	None
204	(Monte Alban II)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban II is assumed. [-100, 200]	unknown	None
205	(Monte Alban IIIB and IV)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban IIIB and IV is assumed. [500, 900]	unknown	None
206	(Monte Alban V)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban V is assumed. [900, 1520]	absent	None
207	(Oaxaca - San Jose)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed. [-1150, -700]	absent	None
208	(Oaxaca - Tierras Largas)	Full Year Range of Oaxaca - Tierras Largas is assumed. [-1400, -1150]	unknown	None
209	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	present	None
210	(Wari Empire)	Full Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed. [650, 999]	absent	None

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