Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Hierarchical Complexity

Settlement Hierarchy

settlement hierarchy records (in levels) the hierarchy of not just settlement sizes, but also their complexity as reflected in different roles they play within the (quasi)polity. as settlements become more populous they acquire more complex functions: transportational (e.g. port); economic (e.g. market); administrative (e.g. storehouse, local government building); cultural (e.g. theatre); religious (e.g. temple), utilitarian (e.g. hospital), monumental (e.g. statues, plazas). example: (1) large city (monumental structures, theatre, market, hospital, central government buildings) (2) city (market, theatre, regional government buildings) (3) large town (market, administrative buildings) (4) town (administrative buildings, storehouse)) (5) village (shrine) (6) hamlet (residential only). in the narrative paragraph explain the different levels and list their functions. provide a (crude) estimate of population sizes. for example, large town (market, temple, administrative buildings): 2,000-5,000 inhabitants.   (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]
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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
271
(Old Palace Crete)
Full Year Range of Old Palace Crete is assumed.
[-1900, -1700]
1
6
None
272
(Iban - Pre-Brooke)
Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed.
[1650, 1841]
1
1
None
273
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed.
[1841, 1987]
1
2
None
274
(Kalingga Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Kalingga Kingdom is assumed.
[500, 732]
1
2
None
275
(Mataram Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed.
[1568, 1755]
3
3
None
276
(Early A'chik)
Full Year Range of Early A'chik is assumed.
[1775, 1867]
2
2
None
277
(Parthian Empire I)
Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed.
[-247, 40]
4
5
None
278
(Parthian Empire II)
Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed.
[41, 226]
4
5
None
279
(Qajar Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Qajar Dynasty is assumed.
[1794, 1925]
5
5
None
280
(Early Maravi)
Full Year Range of Early Maravi is assumed.
[1400, 1499]
4
4
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