Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers. (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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Description	Edit
171	(Hellenistic Crete)	Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed. [-323, -69]	absent	None
172	(Monopalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Monopalatial Crete is assumed. [-1450, -1300]	absent	None
173	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	None
174	(New Palace Crete)	Full Year Range of New Palace Crete is assumed. [-1700, -1450]	absent	None
175	(Old Palace Crete)	Full Year Range of Old Palace Crete is assumed. [-1900, -1700]	absent	None
176	(Postpalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Postpalatial Crete is assumed. [-1300, -1200]	absent	None
177	(Vijayanagara Empire)	Full Year Range of Vijayanagara Empire is assumed. [1336, 1646]	unknown	unknown
178	(Yangshao)	Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed. [-5000, -3000]	absent	None
179	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	None
180	(Elymais II)	Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed. [25, 215]	present	None

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