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post stations enabled state communication and travel before railways and are studied in transport and administrative history.", "what_it_is_for": "Relaying messages and travellers along roads.", "affordances": [ "explain function and organisation", "describe historical systems", "identify surviving examples", "distinguish from related institutions" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Relay of horses and riders", "State organisation", "Regular spacing", "Precursor of postal systems" ], "appearance": "A roadside compound with stables, lodging and offices, or a surviving post town.", "visual_identification": [ "Relay station on a road network", "Angarium, cursus publicus, yam, ekiteijo, posting inns", "A post office handles mail; an inn is lodging alone; a railway station serves trains" ], "physical_properties": [ { "quantity": "Persian Royal Road stations", "typical_range": "about 111", "unit": "count", "note": "per Herodotus" }, { "quantity": "Tokaido post towns", "typical_range": "53", "unit": "count", "note": "Edo period" } ], "families_and_kinds": [ "Persian angarium stations", "Roman cursus publicus mansiones and mutationes", "Mongol yam stations", "Chinese and Japanese relay stations including ekiteijo and shukuba", "European posting houses and inns", "Pony Express stations" ], "related_models": [ { "relation": "is a kind of", "target": "transport infrastructure", "why": "in registry terms" }, { "relation": "is a kind of", "target": "building", "why": "in registry terms" }, { "relation": "is part of", "target": "relay system", "why": "for communication and travel" }, { "relation": "is the ancestor of", "target": "post office", "why": "in postal history" } ], "identifiers": [], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Historical state regulations on relay use", "Heritage protection of surviving post towns and stations" ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Confusing post stations with post offices", "Uncertain archaeological identification", "Romanticised presentation" ], "in_scope": [], "out_of_scope": [], "characteristics": [], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe historical post-station networks with sources and dates.", "Report the condition of surviving post-station buildings and sites." ], "must_not": [ "Damage, dig or remove material from a protected historical post-station site.", "Present legend or reconstruction as documented history.", "Disclose locations of unexcavated sites in a way that invites looting." ], "requires_human": [ "Any restoration or physical work on a surviving station." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Surviving stations are heritage that cannot be replaced once damaged.", "Relay systems were often worked by forced or coerced labour, which history should not hide." ], "affected_parties": [ "Heritage communities", "Owners of historic buildings", "Researchers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The owner of the surviving building; heritage authorities protect listed sites.", "master_systems": [ "National heritage registers" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q28532565: post station", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28532565", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Post house (historical building)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_house_%28historical_building%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What a post station was.", "rationale": "Definition.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition and function.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-finding", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What was a post station, and how did relay systems work?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about a post station, a post office, an inn or a railway station?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "systems", "name": "Systems", "description": "Historical systems.", "findings": [ { "id": "systems-finding", "name": "Systems", "description": "Systems.", "questions": [ { "text": "How did the angarium, cursus publicus, yam, ekiteijo and European posting systems differ?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific system?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operate", "name": "Operate", "description": "Organisation.", "rationale": "Attribution.", "layers": [ { "id": "administration", "name": "Administration", "description": "Administration.", "findings": [ { "id": "administration-finding", "name": "Administration", "description": "Administration.", "questions": [ { "text": "How were stations staffed, supplied and regulated, as historians describe?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which sources are cited?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "travel", "name": "Travel", "description": "Travel and communication.", "findings": [ { "id": "travel-finding", "name": "Travel", "description": "Travel.", "questions": [ { "text": "How fast could messages and travellers move through relay networks?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "heritage", "name": "Heritage", "description": "Surviving stations.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "sites", "name": "Sites", "description": "Sites.", "findings": [ { "id": "sites-finding", "name": "Sites", "description": "Sites.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which post stations and post towns survive, such as on the Nakasendo?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific site?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "archaeology", "name": "Archaeology", "description": "Archaeology.", "findings": [ { "id": "archaeology-finding", "name": "Archaeology", "description": "Archaeology.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are ancient relay stations identified archaeologically?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits Roman roads?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "context", "name": "Context", "description": "Legacy.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "legacy", "name": "Legacy", "description": "Postal legacy.", "findings": [ { "id": "legacy-finding", "name": "Legacy", "description": "Legacy.", "questions": [ { "text": "How did post stations evolve into postal services and railways?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the history of postal systems?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "culture", "name": "Culture", "description": "Culture.", "findings": [ { "id": "culture-finding", "name": "Culture", "description": "Culture.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do post stations feature in literature and art, such as Hiroshige prints?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific work?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should each historical system be a separate entry?", "How should historical sources be linked?", "The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific systems; 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