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
281	(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed. [-7500, -5500]	absent	None
282	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period I)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100]	present	None
283	(Ottoman Empire III)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire III is assumed. [1683, 1839]	present	None
284	(Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late)	Full Year Range of Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late is assumed. [1714, 1848]	absent	None
285	(Cahokia - Late Woodland I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Late Woodland I is assumed. [300, 450]	absent	None
286	(Cahokia - Sand Prairie)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Sand Prairie is assumed. [1275, 1400]	absent	None
287	(Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I)	Full Year Range of Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I is assumed. [750, 900]	absent	None
288	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	unknown	None
289	(Koktepe II)	Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed. [-750, -550]	absent	None
290	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	unknown	None

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