paper: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10359 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10359 also: >the material record offers indirect evidence for distributed aut

paper: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10359 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10359 also: >the material record offers indirect evidence for distributed authority. Indus seals, small stone stamps that likely facilitated exchange and credit, were found primarily in private residences at Mohenjo-daro rather than in temples or central administrative buildings. Speculative, of course. But cool data & approach. And it doesn't have to prove anything, except that it's plausible there are other ways to structure societies, that can have different results.