Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Writing Systems

Mnemonic Device

Talking about writing systems, mnemonic devices are: for example, tallies (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
mnemonic_device	The absence or presence of mnemonic device for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Mnemonic Device	Description	Edit
61	(Erlitou)	Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed. [-1850, -1600]	present	None
62	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	present	None
63	(Classic Tana)	Full Year Range of Classic Tana is assumed. [1100, 1498]	unknown	None
64	(Western Han Empire)	Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed. [-202, 9]	present	None
65	(Egypt - Dynasty 0)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty 0 is assumed. [-3300, -3100]	unknown	None
66	(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747]	unknown	None
67	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	None
68	(Chuuk - Late Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Late Truk is assumed. [1886, 1948]	absent	None
69	(Atlantic Complex)	Full Year Range of Atlantic Complex is assumed. [-2200, -1000]	unknown	None
70	(Eastern Zhou)	Full Year Range of Eastern Zhou is assumed. [-475, -256]	uncoded	None

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