Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Fortifications

Stone Walls Mortared

The absence or presence of stone walls (mortared) 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
stone_walls_mortared The absence or presence of stone walls mortared for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Stone Walls Mortared Description   Edit
1
(Deccan - Neolithic)
2700 BCE 1701 BCE
absent
None
2
(Deccan - Neolithic)
1700 BCE 1200 BCE
unknown
None
3
(Ashanti Empire)
1701 CE 1820 CE
absent
None
4
(Ashanti Empire)
1821 CE 1874 CE
present
None
5
(Ashanti Empire)
1875 CE 1897 CE
absent
None
6
(Java - Buni Culture)
Full Year Range of Java - Buni Culture is assumed.
[-400, 500]
unknown
None
7
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed.
[1841, 1987]
absent
None
8
(Western Jin)
Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed.
[265, 317]
unknown
None
9
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
Full Year Range of Tokugawa Shogunate is assumed.
[1603, 1868]
absent
None
10
(Akan - Pre-Ashanti)
Full Year Range of Akan - Pre-Ashanti is assumed.
[1501, 1701]
unknown
None
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