| 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 |
|---|---|
| specialized_government_building | The absence or presence of specialized government building for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Specialized Government Building | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 |
(Late Greater Coclé) |
Full Year Range of Late Greater Coclé is assumed. [1000, 1515] |
unknown |
Isaza Aizpurúa notes that most of the European accounts of Panamanian societies at the time of contact 'come from the Pacific coast, where the chroniclers encountered small villages with scattered houses on hilltops in the middle of forested areas as well as large nucleated settlements situated along the rich alluvial valleys. Although not much else is offered about site hierarchies or community organization, there is a constant reference to the bohío del queví, which could be interpreted as the place where the chief and his entourage happened to be when the Europeans arrived, the mortuary house where ancestors were kept, or the structures where chiefs would have presided [over] communal events.' [Isaza_Aizpurúa 2013, p. 116] It seems that we do not have a complete enough understanding of the uses of buildings in the Panamanian chiefdoms of this period to discern whether there were specialized buildings set aside for administrative purposes (separate from chiefly residences). | |
| 22 |
(Makuria Kingdom II) |
Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom II is assumed. [619, 849] |
present |
"There was clearly also a civil administration with its own scribes separate from the Church." [Welsby 2002, p. 103] | |
| 23 |
(Makuria Kingdom III) |
Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom III is assumed. [850, 1099] |
present |
"There was clearly also a civil administration with its own scribes separate from the Church." [Welsby 2002, p. 103] | |
| 25 |
(Monagrillo) |
Full Year Range of Monagrillo is assumed. [-3000, -1300] |
absent |
'No architectural remains are known from Mon[a]grillo, although excavators reported the presence of clay briquettes showing pole or reed impressions. However, the foundations of simple structures have been identified at the nearby site of Zapotal, which may have been a small village.' [Hoopes_Peregrine_Ember 2001, p. 112] | |
| 27 |
(Yemen - Ottoman period) |
Full Year Range of Yemen - Ottoman period is assumed. [1873, 1920] |
absent |
None | |
| 29 |
(Five Dynasties Period) |
Full Year Range of Five Dynasties Period is assumed. [906, 970] |
present |
None | |
| 30 |
(Kamarupa Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Kamarupa Kingdom is assumed. [350, 1130] |
present |
"The record office in the city was called as Adhikarana." [Baruah 1985, p. 144] |