| 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 |
|---|---|
| token | The absence or presence of token for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Token | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 |
(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period) |
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747] |
unknown |
None | |
| 153 |
(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period) |
Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969] |
unknown |
None | |
| 155 |
(Second Turk Khaganate) |
Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed. [682, 744] |
absent |
None | |
| 157 |
(Northern Maravi Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621] |
uncoded |
"One other foreign item commonly occurring at Mankhamba, but whose usefulness to the community is entirely unclear, is the cowrie shell. Like imported ceramics, cowrie shells are very rare at other archaeological sites in the southern Lake Malawi area. Elsewhere in Africa, cowrie shells had economic and cultural value. [...] At Mankhamba, however, all the 46 shells were whole, with no evidence of any attempted modification. Further, cowrie shells do not feature in the oral traditions of the Chewa. It is therefore not clear what economic, social or ritual role these objects played among the Chewa at Mankhamba." [Juwayeyi 2020] | |
| 158 |
(Gauda Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Gauda Kingdom is assumed. [600, 625] |
present |
“...the third-century bce Mahasthan Brahmi inscription (Plate 2.3) mentions payment in gandakas, a term probably referring to cowries. Cowries continued to be used as currency in parts of rural Bangladesh up to the end of the nineteenth century.” [van_Schendel 2009] | |
| 159 |
(Plantagenet England) |
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed. [1154, 1485] |
absent |
None | |
| 160 |
(Northern Maravi Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Northern Maravi Kingdom is assumed. [1500, 1621] |
uncoded |
EMPTY_COMMENT |