Gold and Silver Working
Working with native precious metals like gold and silver for ornamentation, ritual objects, and as a store of value.
Core metadata
- ID: gold_and_silver_working
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -4650 (century)
- Region: Eastern Balkans and Aegean
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Early Balkan Metallurgy: Origins, Evolution and Society, 6200-3700 BC (Journal of World Prehistory / Springer, 2021, review) • Supports: node
Locator: The review lists gold from about 4650 BCE in eastern Bulgaria and probable early silver working in the late fifth or early fourth millennium BCE Aegean.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 0
- expert_inference: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casting and Molding (casting_and_molding) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Casting and Molding provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Prospecting (prospecting) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Prospecting provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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