Clay Gathering and Preparation
Identifying, sourcing, and preparing clay by removing impurities and adding temper, making it suitable for pottery.
Core metadata
- ID: clay_gathering_and_preparation
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -18000 (millennium)
- Region: Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi Province, China; later multiple regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Near Eastern Clay Accounting Tokens (clay_accounting_tokens)
- Ur III Clay Tablet Receipts (clay_tablet_receipts)
- Metal Casting Molds (metal_casting_molds)
- Mud Brick (Sun-Dried) (mud_brick_sun_dried)
- Portland Cement (portland_cement)
- Pottery Wheel (pottery_wheel)
- Pottery (pottery)
- Wattle and Daub (wattle_and_daub)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foraging & Botany (foraging_and_botany) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Foraging & Botany provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Fire Control (fire_control) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Fire Control is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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