Casting and Molding
Pouring molten metal into molds made of stone or clay to create complex shapes for tools and artifacts.
Core metadata
- ID: casting_and_molding
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -18000 (millennium)
- Region: Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi, China
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Bronze Working (bronze_working)
- Gold and Silver Working (gold_and_silver_working)
- Metal Casting Molds (metal_casting_molds)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Early pottery at 20,000 years ago in Xianrendong Cave, China (Science / PubMed, 2012, primary_paper) • Supports: edge, node
Locator: Abstract/title: Xianrendong Cave pottery was produced about 20,000 years ago by mobile foragers during the Late Glacial Maximum.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 1
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottery (pottery) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Pottery provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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