Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Transport infrastructure

Canal

Talking about transport infrastructure, canals refers to canals built and/or maintained by the polity (that is, code 'present' even if the polity did not build a canal, but devotes resources to maintaining it).   (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]
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Variable Definition
canal The absence or presence of canal for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Canal Description   Edit
161
(Cuzco - Late Formative)
Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Formative is assumed.
[-500, 200]
unknown
None
162
(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-7500, -5500]
unknown
None
163
(Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-5500, -4000]
unknown
None
164
(Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic is assumed.
[-4000, -3200]
unknown
None
165
(Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period is assumed.
[-1800, -1300]
present
None
166
(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed.
[-3200, -2500]
unknown
None
167
(Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period is assumed.
[-1300, -500]
present
None
168
(Kachi Plain - Urban Period I)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed.
[-2500, -2100]
unknown
None
169
(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed.
[-2100, -1800]
unknown
None
170
(Southern Song)
Full Year Range of Southern Song is assumed.
[1127, 1279]
present
None
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