Bellows
A device constructed from leather and wood to deliver a strong blast of air, enabling fires to reach temperatures needed for smelting.
Core metadata
- ID: bellows
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -10000 (millennium)
- Region: Global / multiple regions
- Review status: structurally_validated
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- The wooden artifacts from Schöningen's Spear Horizon and their place in human evolution (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, primary_paper) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 72%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Working (leather_working) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Leather Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Basic Woodworking (woodworking_basic) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Woodworking is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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