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{ "count": 73, "next": null, "previous": "https://seshat-db.com/api/sc/largest-communication-distances/?format=api", "results": [ { "id": 52, "polity": { "id": 154, "name": "id_iban_2", "long_name": "Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial", "start_year": 1841, "end_year": 1987 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers. Iban communities and their headmen controlled relatively small tracts of land, but the Brooke Raj administration introduced additional administrative positions for Iban leaders for the purposes of colonial administration and indirect rule. It therefore seems appropriate to treat 'polity territory' as co-extensive with Sarawak (even though Iban communities also resided elsewhere), given how most of our ethnographic data are from this area. According to Wikipedia, the territory of Sarawak is 124,450 km2 §REF§<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak</a>§REF§. This would indicate the distance between Kuching and outlying areas as the 'largest communication distance'. On the other hand, given the gradual nature of the extension of Brooke Raj rule, this variable is somewhat difficult to 'codify'." }, { "id": 53, "polity": { "id": 140, "name": "jp_jomon_3", "long_name": "Japan - Early Jomon", "start_year": -5300, "end_year": -3500 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers. §REF§Pearson, Richard., ‘Debating Jomon Social Complexity’, Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific, Volume 46, Number 2 (Fall), 2007, pp. 366§REF§" }, { "id": 54, "polity": { "id": 139, "name": "jp_jomon_2", "long_name": "Japan - Initial Jomon", "start_year": -9200, "end_year": -5300 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers.§REF§Pearson, Richard., ‘Debating Jomon Social Complexity’, Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific, Volume 46, Number 2 (Fall), 2007, pp. 366§REF§" }, { "id": 55, "polity": { "id": 118, "name": "pk_kachi_lnl", "long_name": "Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic", "start_year": -5500, "end_year": -4000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "As Mehrgarh is not a capital, and it is not known how integrated the society was, this variable cannot be coded.", "description": null }, { "id": 56, "polity": { "id": 119, "name": "pk_kachi_ca", "long_name": "Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic", "start_year": -4000, "end_year": -3200 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "As Mehrgarh is not a capital, and it is not known how integrated the society was, this variable cannot be coded.", "description": null }, { "id": 57, "polity": { "id": 123, "name": "pk_kachi_post_urban", "long_name": "Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period", "start_year": -1800, "end_year": -1300 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "As the degree of integration with other settlements at this time is uncertain, the largest communication distance cannot be given.§REF§Jarrige, J-F. (1997) From Nausharo to Pirak: Continuity and Change in the Kachi/Bolan Region from the 3rd to the 2nd Millennium BC. In, Allchin, R. and Allchin, B. (eds) South Asian Archaeology, 1995, volume I. The Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge., pp 11-32.; Jarrige, J-F. (2000) Continuity and Change in the North Kachi Plain (Baluchistan, Pakistan) at the beginning of the Second Millennium BC. In, Lahiri, N. The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization. Permanent Black, Delhi., pp345-362.§REF§" }, { "id": 58, "polity": { "id": 120, "name": "pk_kachi_pre_urban", "long_name": "Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period", "start_year": -3200, "end_year": -2500 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "As Mehrgarh is not a capital, and it is not known how integrated the society was, this variable cannot be coded.", "description": null }, { "id": 59, "polity": { "id": 124, "name": "pk_kachi_proto_historic", "long_name": "Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period", "start_year": -1300, "end_year": -500 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "Not applicable because we do not know whether Pirak was a capital. It is seems very likely that it was once part of a larger assemblage of culturally similar settlements, but, perhaps due to the erosive effects of nearby rivers, only Pirak remains <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/Q32UJUPX\">[Jarrige_Enault 1976, pp. 45-46]</a> Of course it's difficult to say whether these hypothetical settlements were part of the same polity as Pirak.", "description": null }, { "id": 60, "polity": { "id": 155, "name": "tr_konya_enl", "long_name": "Konya Plain - Early Neolithic", "start_year": -9600, "end_year": -7000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "inapplicable", "description": null }, { "id": 61, "polity": { "id": 157, "name": "tr_konya_lnl", "long_name": "Konya Plain - Late Neolithic", "start_year": -6600, "end_year": -6000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "inapplicable", "description": null }, { "id": 62, "polity": { "id": 453, "name": "fr_la_tene_a_b1", "long_name": "La Tene A-B1", "start_year": -475, "end_year": -325 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "Not applicable - no capitals or provincial capitals.", "description": null }, { "id": 63, "polity": { "id": 454, "name": "fr_la_tene_b2_c1", "long_name": "La Tene B2-C1", "start_year": -325, "end_year": -175 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "Not applicable - no capitals or provincial capitals.", "description": null }, { "id": 64, "polity": { "id": 384, "name": "in_mahajanapada", "long_name": "Mahajanapada era", "start_year": -600, "end_year": -324 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "As there is no known capital this cannot be calculated.", "description": null }, { "id": 65, "polity": { "id": 512, "name": "eg_naqada_2", "long_name": "Naqada II", "start_year": -3550, "end_year": -3300 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "KM. About 244km is the distance between the Hierakonpolis and Abydos, two of three biggest proto-states' capitals in the core area of Naqadian Egypt. The distance is counted basic on the present land routes. Taken from google.maps. However, this does not count if they were at no time within the same polity.", "description": null }, { "id": 66, "polity": { "id": 435, "name": "co_neguanje", "long_name": "Neguanje", "start_year": 250, "end_year": 1050 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "in kilometers. 35: 600-1050 CE There isn't a quasi-capital but the Bays were settled and started expanding into the Sierra Nevada around that time, with the possibility of communication between these areas. However it is unlikely that these two settlements were part of a unified polity. \"It is possible that the oldest settlements in the Sierra Nevada were founded by some of those people that were interested in maintaining strong ties to the Coast. In fact, it is worthy of note that settlements at relatively low elevations, such as Frontera and Las Ánimas, with the oldest dates (580 +/- 120 A.D. and 660 +/- 90 A.D. respectively) were, at the same time, very close to the coast.\" <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/9SC4PDXB\">[Langebaek_et_al 2005, p. 121]</a>", "description": null }, { "id": 67, "polity": { "id": 445, "name": "pg_orokaiva_pre_colonial", "long_name": "Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial", "start_year": 1734, "end_year": 1883 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers. The following information refers to the contemporary and colonial periods: 'New Guinea, island of the eastern Malay Archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Bismarck and Solomon seas to the east, the Coral Sea and Torres Strait to the south, and the Arafura Sea to the southwest. New Guinea is administratively divided into two parts: its western half comprises the Indonesian propinsi (or provinsi; provinces) of Papua and West Papua (collectively, formerly called Irian Jaya); and its eastern half comprises the major part of Papua New Guinea, an independent country since 1975. The second largest island in the world (after Greenland), New Guinea is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) long (from northwest to southeast) and about 400 miles (650 km) wide at its widest (north to south) part. Area island, 317,150 square miles (821,400 square km).' §REF§<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.britannica.com/place/New-Guinea\">http://www.britannica.com/place/New-Guinea</a>§REF§ The Orokaiva are found in the Northern Division, the district system originating in the colonial period: 'In response to Australian pressure, the British government annexed Papua in 1888. Gold was discovered shortly thereafter, resulting in a major movement of prospectors and miners to what was then the Northern District. Relations with the Papuans were bad from the start, and there were numerous killings on both sides. The Protectorate of British New Guinea became Australian territory by the passing of the Papua Act of 1905 by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. The new administration adopted a policy of peaceful penetration, and many measures of social and economic national development were introduced. Local control was in the hands of village constables, paid servants of the Crown. Chosen by European officers, they were intermediaries between the government and the people. In 1951 an eruption occurred on Mount Lamington, completely devastating a large part of the area occupied by the Orokaiva.' §REF§Latham, Christopher S.: eHRAf Cultural Summary for the Orokaiva§REF§ 'THE Orokaiva occupy the major part of the Northern Division of Papua. From Oro Bay, some little distance below Buna on the north-eastern coast, a line might be drawn westward, skirting the foothills of the Hydrographers and the Lamington group and passing over the small divide of the Kumusi and Yodda rivers, to the neighbourhood of Kokoda; thence, curving round the Ajura Kijala, it would proceed northwards, keeping on its left the uninhabited mountains which are merely eastern appendages of the Main Range, and passing through Ioma would continue on to the border of the Mandated Territory. This line, together with the territorial boundary which coincides with the 8th meridian, would enclose the demesne of the people whom we call Orokaiva. One cannot do better than follow the distribution given by E. W. P. Chinnery and the late W. N. Beaver, both of whom travelled the Northern Division more widely than the present writer, and the actual boundaries of the Orokaiva country which appear in the map are approximately theirs.' §REF§Williams, F. E. (Francis Edgar), and Hubert Murray 1930. “Orokaiva Society”, 1§REF§ Ethnic boundaries are not always clearly drawn: 'It must be understood, however, that while marking the limits of those people who are distinctly and exclusively called Orokaiva, these boundaries are nevertheless somewhat arbitrary. In a general treatment it would be permissible to include, for instance, the people of the lower Waria and beyond, although they go by a different name. Similarly in the south the specified boundary beginning at Oro Bay cannot be regarded as a rigid limit, for along the coast of Dyke Ackland Bay almost as far as Cape Nelson, there are settled several groups of people who are virtually identical with the Orokaiva although commonly named Okeina. The present report, however, will observe the limits already set down.' §REF§Williams, F. E. (Francis Edgar), and Hubert Murray 1930. “Orokaiva Society”, 1§REF§ The regional system of settlement and alliances was fragmented prior to colonial rule. There was accordingly no capital or other focal point we can anchor this variable with, as ad hoc coalitions, big men, and autonomous villages dominated the scene. The communication distance covered by any such quasi-polity probably fluctuated heavily, depending on the relative influence of local big men and the size of the villages supporting them. Accordingly, we cannot confidently provide a proxy measure." }, { "id": 68, "polity": { "id": 194, "name": "ru_sakha_early", "long_name": "Sakha - Early", "start_year": 1400, "end_year": 1632 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers. Sakha province covered a territory of considerable size: 'Sakha, also called Yakutiya or Yakut-Sakha, Yakutiya also spelled Yakutia, Udachnaya: diamond mine republic in far northeastern Russia, in northeastern Siberia. The republic occupies the basins of the great rivers flowing to the Arctic Ocean-the Lena, Yana, Indigirka, and Kolyma-and includes the New Siberian Islands between the Laptev and East Siberian seas. Sakha was created an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union in 1922; it is now the largest republic in Russia.' §REF§<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia\">http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia</a>§REF§ 'Area 1,198,200 square miles (3,103,200 square km).' §REF§<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia\">http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia</a>§REF§ But prior to Russian rule, the Sakha and other Siberian peoples employed a decentralized clan system. Furthermore, they were pastoralists. This makes the identification of a 'typical' travel time between clans more difficult." }, { "id": 69, "polity": { "id": 195, "name": "ru_sakha_late", "long_name": "Sakha - Late", "start_year": 1632, "end_year": 1900 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers. Yakutsk province covered a territory of considerable size: 'Sakha, also called Yakutiya or Yakut-Sakha, Yakutiya also spelled Yakutia, Udachnaya: diamond mine republic in far northeastern Russia, in northeastern Siberia. The republic occupies the basins of the great rivers flowing to the Arctic Ocean-the Lena, Yana, Indigirka, and Kolyma-and includes the New Siberian Islands between the Laptev and East Siberian seas. Sakha was created an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union in 1922; it is now the largest republic in Russia.' §REF§<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia\">http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia</a>§REF§ 'Area 1,198,200 square miles (3,103,200 square km).' §REF§<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia\">http://www.britannica.com/place/Sakha-republic-Russia</a>§REF§ The territorial distribution of administrative districts was subject to some variation: 'Yakutsk Province was formerly divided into five districts: Olekminsk, Yakutsk, Viliuisk, Verkhoyansk, and Kolymsk.' §REF§Jochelson, Waldemar 1933. “Yakut”, 65§REF§ 'No less significant changes occurred in the administrative organization of the Yakut country. In the seventeenth century Yakutsk was the center of a great independent country directly subordinate to Moscow, although for some specific questions it was dependent on the governors of Tobolsk. In the time of Peter the Great, Yakutsk entered into the newly organized Siberian Goubernyia (government) and with the division of the Siberian government into provinces was included in Irkutsk Province. In 1775 Irkutsk Province was organized into a government and the Yakut country formed one of the provinces of the new government. In 1783 the government was again reorganized into a vice-royalty composed of four provinces, one of which was Yakutsk Province. In 1797 the vice-royalty was abolished and the government restored. In [Page 225] 1805 under the Emperor Alexander I, the Yakut country was made a separate province dependent upon Irkutsk. In 1852 the Yakut country was given a separate governor. After the revolution in February, 1917, a commissar was appointed by the Provisional Government.' §REF§Jochelson, Waldemar 1933. “Yakut”, 224§REF§ This regional integration was an artefact of Russian imperial rule. The decentralized political organization of the Sakha themselves also makes the identification of a reliable and realistic code more difficult." }, { "id": 70, "polity": { "id": 196, "name": "ec_shuar_1", "long_name": "Shuar - Colonial", "start_year": 1534, "end_year": 1830 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "in kilometers. The Spanish subjected parts of the Shuar population, but were unable to maintain control over Shuar territory as a whole: 'The first reported white penetration of Jivaro territory was made in 1549 by a Spanish expedition under Hernando de Benavente. Later expeditions of colonists and soldiers soon followed. These newcomers traded with the Jivaro, made peace pacts with them, and soon began to exploit the gold found in alluvial or glacial deposits in the region. Eventually the Spaniards were able to obtain the co-operation of some of the Indians in working the gold deposits, but others remained hostile, killing many of the colonists and soldiers at every opportunity. Under the subjection of the Spaniards, the Jivaro were required to pay tribute in gold dust; a demand that increased yearly. Finally, in 1599, the Jivaro rebelled en masse, killing many thousands of Spaniards in the process and driving them from the region. After 1599, until nearly the middle of the nineteenth century, Jivaro-European relations remained intermittent and mostly hostile. A few missionary and military expeditions entered the region from the Andean highlands, but these frequently ended in disaster and no permanent colonization ever resulted. One of the few \"friendly\" gestures reported for the tribe during this time occurred in 1767, when they gave a Spanish missionizing expedition \"gifts\", which included the skulls of Spaniards who had apparently been killed earlier by the Jivaro (Harner, 1953: 26). Thus it seems that the Jivaros are the only tribe known to have successfully revolted against the Spanish Empire and to have been able to thwart all subsequent attempts by the Spaniards to conquer them. They have withstood armies of gold seeking Inkas as well as Spaniards, and defied the bravado of the early conquistadors.' <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/NDIQCQZP\">[Beierle 2006]</a> The gradual 'fraying out' of colonial control from 'frontier' to 'interior' communities makes the drawing of clear territorial and demographic boundaries more difficult: 'Much of the trade of the Jivaro is between the \"interior\", relatively isolated groups (particularly the Achuara) and those \"frontier\" groups living in close proximity to Ecuadorian settlements where they have easy access to Western industrialized products. Through a series of neighborhood-to-neighborhood relays by native trading partners (AMIGRI) these products were passed from the frontier Jivaro into the most remote parts of the tribal territory. Thus the interior Jivaro were supplied with steel cutting tools, firearms and ammunition without having to come into contact with the population of European ancestry. In exchange the frontier Jivaro, whose supply of local game was nearly exhausted, obtained hides, feathers and bird skins (used for ornaments), which were not readily available in their own territory.' <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/NDIQCQZP\">[Beierle 2006]</a> As indicated above, the Shuar political system was decentralized and fragmented, given the persistence of autonomous communities and ad hoc alliances in warfare. We therefore cannot confidently provide proxy measures.", "description": null }, { "id": 71, "polity": { "id": 197, "name": "ec_shuar_2", "long_name": "Shuar - Ecuadorian", "start_year": 1831, "end_year": 1931 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": null, "description": "in kilometers. Brüning and Karsten describe the territory, but fail to provide more accurate figures: 'The Indians are inhabitants of a region which extends along the upper course of the Marañón River, from Yusamaro downward to Puerto Meléndez at the Pongo de Manseriche. They live in this region in small and widely dispersed settlements close to the banks of the River. I have been informed that their chief settlements are located farther up along the tributary rivers. Beyond Yusamaro no Indians are said to remain anymore, yet formerly their settlements are said to have extended to the Pongo Rentema. They had moved down to the Marañón River on account of the quarrels they had with the whites or, rather, the mestizos. Their settlements can not be called permanent anyway. Despite the fact that the Indians live at one place for a long time, and in relatively permanent dwellings at that, they are said to leave their settlements frequently for no special reason in order to reestablish themselves again at some distance from the former settlement.' §REF§Brüning, Hans H. 1928. “Travelling In The Aguaruna Region”, 46§REF§ '“In describing my journeys among the Jibaro Indians I had occasion to mention repeatedly that the savage Jibaros never settle on the banks of the main rivers, but prefer to make their houses beside small affluents in the interior of the country. The reason for this is obvious: it is due to their constant fear of hostile attacks. By hiding themselves in the forests in the way they do, they not only avoid the whites, who now and then travel along the main rivers, but they are also better protected against hostile Indian tribes. The Jibaro houses are also largely constructed with a view to keeping off uninvited guests; in fact, nearly every house is a sort of fortress, as will be shown in greater detail in the part dealing with the warfare of the Indians.”' §REF§Karsten, Rafael 1935. “Head-Hunters Of Western Amazonas: The Life And Culture Of The Jibaro Indians Of Eastern Ecuador And Peru”, 94§REF§ Shuar political organization was fluid and decentralized. We therefore cannot confidently provide realiable proxy measures for a 'typical' quasi-polity." }, { "id": 72, "polity": { "id": 113, "name": "gh_akan", "long_name": "Akan - Pre-Ashanti", "start_year": 1501, "end_year": 1701 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "in kilometers. See above.", "description": null }, { "id": 73, "polity": { "id": 135, "name": "in_delhi_sultanate", "long_name": "Delhi Sultanate", "start_year": 1206, "end_year": 1526 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "uncoded", "description": null }, { "id": 74, "polity": { "id": 144, "name": "jp_yayoi", "long_name": "Kansai - Yayoi Period", "start_year": -300, "end_year": 250 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "UND", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Largest_communication_distance", "largest_communication_distance_from": null, "largest_communication_distance_to": null, "comment": "KM. See question above for PolTerr", "description": null } ] }