Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Written Record

Talking about writing systems, written records are more than short and fragmentary inscriptions, such as found on tombs or runic stones. there must be several sentences strung together, at the very minimum. for example, royal proclamations from mesopotamia and egypt qualify as written records (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
written_record	The absence or presence of written record for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Written Record	Description	Edit
151	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed. [1566, 1713]	absent	None
152	(Archaic Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Archaic Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-6000, -2001]	absent	None
153	(Aztec Empire)	Full Year Range of Aztec Empire is assumed. [1427, 1526]	absent	None
154	(Early Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Early Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-1200, -801]	absent	None
155	(Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico)	Full Year Range of Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed. [-100, 99]	absent	None
156	(Toltecs)	Full Year Range of Toltecs is assumed. [900, 1199]	absent	None
157	(Cuzco - Early Intermediate I)	Full Year Range of Cuzco - Early Intermediate I is assumed. [200, 499]	absent	None
158	(Inca Empire)	Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed. [1375, 1532]	absent	None
159	(Wari Empire)	Full Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed. [650, 999]	absent	None
160	(Mataram Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed. [1568, 1703]	present	None

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