Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Fortifications

Wooden Palisade

The absence or presence of wooden palisades as a military technology used in warfare.  

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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition Choices
wooden_palisade The absence or presence of wooden palisade for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Wooden Palisade Description   Edit
1
(Deccan - Neolithic)
2700 BCE 1701 BCE
absent
None
2
(Deccan - Neolithic)
1700 BCE 1200 BCE
unknown
None
3
(Kansai - Yayoi Period)
300 BCE 99 CE
unknown
None
4
(Kansai - Yayoi Period)
100 CE 250 CE
present
None
5
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1566 CE 1700 CE
present
None
6
(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)
1701 CE 1713 CE
absent
None
7
(Orokaiva - Colonial)
1884 CE 1900 CE
present
None
8
(Orokaiva - Colonial)
1901 CE 1922 CE
absent
None
9
(Orokaiva - Colonial)
1901 CE 1922 CE
present
None
10
(Orokaiva - Colonial)
1923 CE 1942 CE
absent
None
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