Food Preservation (Drying, Salting)
Methods of preserving food through drying with sun/fire or using salt, extending food availability and enabling trade.
Core metadata
- ID: food_preservation_drying_salting
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -9000 (millennium)
- Region: Early farming and foraging societies
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Storage Amphorae (pottery_storage_amphorae)
- Salted Trade Provisions (salted_trade_provisions)
- Smoked Food Preservation (smoked_food_preservation)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Neolithic (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 2
| 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. |
|
| Salt Harvesting (salt_harvesting) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Salt Harvesting provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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