Seshat – Economy Variables

Economic and Social History, History

Tags

cultureeconomicsHierarchical relationshipluxury

Dataset type

temporal

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Description

This section of the database is dedicated to examining the production, provenance, and consumption of luxury items and goods across different strata of society. The data captures a wide array of luxury items such as precious metals, luxury fabrics, manufactured goods, spices, incense, and dyes, luxury drinks/alcohol, glass goods, fine ceramic wares, precious stones, statuary, and luxury food. These variables highlight the intersection of economy, culture, and social hierarchy.

Authors

Enrico Cioni (Research assistant), Samantha Holder (Research assistant), Jakob Zsambok (Research assistant), Jakob Houser (Research assistant), Daniel Hoyer (Researcher), James Bennet (Researcher), Daniel Kondor (Researcher), Matilda Peruzzo (Researcher), Jenny Reddish (Data manager/owner), Majid Benam (Developer), Ed Chalstrey (Developer), full team at https://seshatdatabank.info/who-we-are (Other)

Affiliation

The Evolution Institute, Complexity Science Hub, University of Oxford

License

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International