Early Field Terracing

Stone and earth terraces that slowed erosion and expanded agriculture on slopes.

Core metadata

ID: field_terracing
Era: Ancient
First known date: -3000 (millennium)
Region: Early irrigated and hillside farming regions
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

None.

Fields

None.

Node sources

Neolithic (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Agriculture (agriculture)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Agriculture provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Neolithic (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Irrigation (irrigation)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Irrigation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Mesopotamia (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Labor Specialization (labor_specialization)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Labor Specialization provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.

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