| 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 |
|---|---|
| settlement_hierarchy_from | The lower range of settlement hierarchy for a polity. |
| settlement_hierarchy_to | The upper range of settlement hierarchy for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Settlement Hierarchy from | Settlement Hierarchy to | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 |
(Later Yan Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Later Yan Kingdom is assumed. [385, 409] |
4 |
6 |
levels. The preceding Early Jin was coded with six levels. Although the Later Qin was a much smaller state the territory it did have had a capital city and likely contained many settlement levels. |
|
| 82 |
(Five Dynasties Period) |
Full Year Range of Five Dynasties Period is assumed. [906, 970] |
None |
None |
levels. DH: need to be clear throughout here which polity exactly is being coded (or if the code is common to all) "Studies of Chinese urban history have pointed to a revolutionary change inurban settlement after the Rebellion. The change was conditioned by the rise of long-distance trade between the north and the south and the increase in ruralmarkets across the country. Kaifeng is a well-known case. It was the first city in Chinese history to be chosen as the political centre because it was a hub of transport and trade." [Liu 2015, p. 57] "In a general survey of urban development in China prior to 960, Shi Nianhai counted 21 large cities that performed a key role in inter- and intra-regional trade after the mid-Tang period." [Liu 2015, p. 57] |
|
| 83 |
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II) |
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed. [1649, 1918] |
5 |
5 |
None | |
| 86 |
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I) |
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty I is assumed. [1454, 1648] |
5 |
5 |
None | |
| 88 |
(Italian Kingdom Late Antiquity) |
Full Year Range of Italian Kingdom Late Antiquity is assumed. [476, 489] |
None |
None |
None | |
| 90 |
(Early East Africa Iron Age) |
Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499] |
1 |
1 |
levels. Autonomous homesteads. "The ubiquity of Urewe [ceramics], coupled with its relatively small size, suggests that these vessels were produced and used by family-groups, and on a regular, domestic level. However, it is evident that Urewe-related activities also transcend the purely utilitarian realm, with the remarkable emphasis placed on quality of production. On the domestic level, this investment in commonplace objects may be an example of ceramics being used as tools of social cohesion or as the 'channels through which society implants its values in the individual—every day at mealtimes' (David et al. 1988: 379). As such, the importance of family and the home is emphasised through investment in key domestic goods—ceramics. This picture of small-scale, familial units fits well with the wider evidence from archaeology, which suggests these early communities probably consisted of dispersed networks of homesteads, rather than centralised societies (Reid 1994/5; Van Grunderbeek et al. 1983)." [Ashley 2010, p. 146] |