Section: Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Enclosure

An 'enclosure' is clearly demarcated special-purpose area. It can be separated from surrounding land by earthworks (including banks or ditches), walls, or fencing. It may be as small as a few meters across, or encompass many hectares. It is non-residential, but could serve numerous purposes, both practical (animal pens) as well as religious and ceremonial  
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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
Enclosure The absence or presence of "Enclosure" for a polity.
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Enclosure
#    Polity     Year(s)      Enclosure   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1 Torwa-Rozvi * Year Range of Torwa-Rozvi is assumed.
[1494, 1850]		 present Confident No Edit
2 Hohokam Culture * Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]		 present Confident No Edit
3 Middle and Late Nok * Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-1500, -901]		 absent Inferred No Edit
4 Middle and Late Nok * Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-900, 0]		 absent Inferred No Edit
5 Kanem * Year Range of Kanem is assumed.
[800, 1379]		 unknown Suspected No Edit
6 Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase * Year Range of Chaco Canyon - Late Bonito phase is assumed.
[1101, 1140]		 present Confident No Edit
7 Antebellum US * Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]		 present Confident No Edit
8 Toutswe * Year Range of Toutswe is assumed.
[700, 1250]		 present Confident No Edit
9 Khwarezmid Empire * Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]		 present Confident No Edit
10 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed.
[1454, 1648]		 present Confident No Edit
11 Armenian Kingdom * Year Range of Armenian Kingdom is assumed.
[-188, 6]		 present Confident No Edit
12 British Empire I * Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]		 present Confident No Edit
13 Great Zimbabwe * Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed.
[1270, 1550]		 present Confident No Edit
14 Mutapa * Year Range of Mutapa is assumed.
[1450, 1880]		 present Confident No Edit
15 Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ * Year Range of Ilú-ọba Ọ̀yọ́ is assumed.
[1601, 1835]		 present Confident No Edit
16 Whydah * Year Range of Whydah is assumed.
[1671, 1727]		 present Confident No Edit
17 West Burkina Faso Yellow I * Year Range of West Burkina Faso Yellow I is assumed.
[100, 500]		 absent Inferred No Edit
18 Oyo * Year Range of Oyo is assumed.
[1300, 1535]		 unknown Suspected No Edit
19 Plantagenet England * Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]		 present Confident No Edit
20 Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty * Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed.
[1310, 1526]		 present Confident No Edit
21 Lombard Kingdom * Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]		 present Confident No Edit
22 Us Reconstruction-Progressive * Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]		 present Confident No Edit
23 Late Tiwanaku * Year Range of Late Tiwanaku is assumed.
[800, 1149]		 present Confident No Edit
24 Late Classic Tikal * Year Range of Late Classic Tikal is assumed.
[555, 869]		 present Confident No Edit
25 Tudor and Early Stuart England * Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]		 present Confident No Edit
26 Anglo-Saxon England II * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed.
[927, 1065]		 present Confident No Edit
27 Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II * Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]		 present Confident No Edit
28 Alaouite Dynasty I * Year Range of Alaouite Dynasty I is assumed.
[1631, 1727]		 present Confident No Edit
29 Golden Horde * Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed.
[1240, 1440]		 present Confident No Edit
30 Saffarid Caliphate * Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed.
[861, 1003]		 present Confident No Edit
31 Anglo-Saxon England I * Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed.
[410, 926]		 present Confident No Edit
32 Napoleonic France * Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]		 present Confident No Edit
33 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy * Year Range of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is assumed.
[1867, 1918]		 present Confident No Edit
34 British Empire IIIIIIIIII * Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]		 present Confident No Edit
35 Qasimid Dynasty XXXXXXX * Year Range of Qasimid Dynasty XXXXXXX is assumed.
[1637, 1805]		 present Confident No Edit