1# Raw data (not committed)23Raw files are downloaded by `python -m wp35.acquisition.fetch` into `data/raw/<key>/` and are never modified. Their4release, URL, retrieval time, licence, size and SHA-256 are recorded in `data/metadata/source_registry.json`; a re-run5verifies the hash of any existing file and refuses to overwrite it. Nothing in this directory is redistributed in the6repository because of the D-PLACE (CC BY-NC 4.0) and V-Dem (non-commercial, citation) terms; every file can be7re-obtained from its public URL and checked byte for byte against the registry.89| key | file | release (retrieved 2026-11-01) |10|---|---|---|11| seshat_polaris2026 | Polaris2026.xlsx | Seshat Polaris-2026 snapshot, GitHub `Seshat-Global-History-Databank/build_polaris_dataset` @ 55ca5fbc2b (MIT) |12| seshat_equinox2020 | Equinox2020.05.2023.xlsx | Equinox-2020 spreadsheet, same repository |13| seshat_equinox_continuous_polities | Timescale.SM_Data.xlsx | Zenodo 8120128 (CC BY 4.0), MD5 verified |14| maddison_2023_xlsx / _dta | mpd2023_web.xlsx / .dta | Maddison Project Database 2023, dataverse.nl 421302 / 421303 |15| dplace_ea_v3_3 | dplace-dataset-ea-v3.3.zip | D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas CLDF v3.3 (CC BY-NC 4.0) |16| vdem_v16_rdata / _codebook | vdem_v16.RData / vdem_v16_codebook.RData | V-Dem v16 from the official `vdemdata` R package @ f4dd26922e |17| glottolog_cldf_languages | glottolog_v5.3_languages.csv | Glottolog 5.3 CLDF languages table (CC BY 4.0) |1819Total size about 65 MB.20