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
261	(Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic is assumed. [-5500, -3000]	absent	None
262	(East Roman Empire)	Full Year Range of East Roman Empire is assumed. [395, 631]	present	None
263	(Hatti - Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Hatti - Old Kingdom is assumed. [-1650, -1500]	unknown	None
264	(Kingdom of Lydia)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Lydia is assumed. [-670, -546]	unknown	None
265	(Konya Plain - Early Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Konya Plain - Early Neolithic is assumed. [-9600, -7000]	absent	None
266	(Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling is assumed. [1050, 1199]	absent	None
267	(Cahokia - Moorehead)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Moorehead is assumed. [1200, 1275]	absent	None
268	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early is assumed. [1566, 1713]	absent	None
269	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period is assumed. [1778, 1819]	unknown	None
270	(Cahokia - Early Woodland)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Early Woodland is assumed. [-600, -150]	absent	None

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