Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Fortifications

Fortified Camp

The absence or presence of fortified camps as a military technology used in warfare. camps made by armies on the move (e.g. on a campaign) that which could be constructed on a hill top or in the middle of a plain or desert, usually out of local materials.  

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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition Choices
fortified_camp The absence or presence of fortified camp for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Fortified Camp Description   Edit
321
(Epiclassic Basin of Mexico)
Full Year Range of Epiclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed.
[650, 899]
present
None
322
(Initial Formative Basin of Mexico)
Full Year Range of Initial Formative Basin of Mexico is assumed.
[-2000, -1201]
absent
None
323
(Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico)
Full Year Range of Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico is assumed.
[1200, 1426]
absent
None
324
(Oaxaca - San Jose)
Full Year Range of Oaxaca - San Jose is assumed.
[-1150, -700]
unknown
None
325
(Toltecs)
Full Year Range of Toltecs is assumed.
[900, 1199]
present
None
326
(Cuzco - Late Intermediate I)
Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate I is assumed.
[1000, 1250]
present
None
327
(Cuzco - Late Intermediate II)
Full Year Range of Cuzco - Late Intermediate II is assumed.
[1250, 1400]
present
None
328
(Inca Empire)
Full Year Range of Inca Empire is assumed.
[1375, 1532]
present
None
329
(Wari Empire)
Full Year Range of Wari Empire is assumed.
[650, 999]
present
None
330
(Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic)
Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic is assumed.
[-7500, -5500]
absent
None
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