Iron Working
Working iron into artifacts, first through hammered meteoritic iron and later through smelted bloom iron and forging traditions.
Core metadata
- ID: iron_working
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -3200 (century)
- Region: Gerzeh, Egypt for meteoritic iron artifacts; later Anatolia, Near East, Africa, and Eurasia for smelted iron traditions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Advanced Metallurgy (Medieval) (advanced_metallurgy_medieval)
- Advanced Shipbuilding (Bireme, Trireme) (advanced_shipbuilding_bireme_trireme)
- Medieval Agricultural Advances (agriculture_advances_medieval)
- Blast Furnace (blast_furnace)
- Blown Glass (blown_glass)
- Canning & Food Preservation (canning_food_preservation)
- Cannons (cannons)
- Chain Mail Armor (chain_mail_armor)
- Chainmail Armor Smithing (chainmail_armor_smithing)
- Compass (compass)
- Crane & Lifting Devices (crane_lifting_devices)
- Early Firearms (early_firearms)
- Electricity (electricity)
- Engineering (engineering)
- Feudalism (feudalism)
- Heavy Plow (Mouldboard Plow) (heavy_plow_mouldboard)
- Horse Shoes (horse_shoes)
- Legionary Tactics (Maniple/Cohort) (legionary_tactics_maniple_cohort)
- Mechanical Clocks (mechanical_clocks)
- Metallurgical Slag Reuse (metallurgical_slag_reuse)
- Nailed Horseshoes (nailed_horseshoes)
- Naval Artillery (Broadside Cannons) (naval_artillery_broadside_cannons)
- Organized Military Formations (organized_military_formations)
- Pike and Shot Formations (pike_and_shot_formations)
- Precision Machine Tools (precision_machine_tools)
- Printing Press (printing_press)
- Riveting Technology (riveting_technology)
- Saw Mill (saw_mill)
- Sternpost Rudders (ship_rudders_sternpost)
- Siege Engineering (siege_engineering)
- Siege Towers & Battering Rams (siege_towers_battering_rams)
- Spectacles (Eyeglasses) (spectacles_eyeglasses)
- Steam Engine (steam_engine)
- Steel Production (steel_production)
- Stirrups (stirrups)
- Surgical Instrument Sets (surgical_instrument_sets)
- Timber Framing (timber_framing)
- Torsion Springs (torsion_springs)
- Trebuchet (Counterweight Siege Engine) (trebuchet_counterweight_siege_engine)
- Water-Powered Trip Hammers & Forges (water_powered_trip_hammers_forges)
- Water Towers and Pressure Distribution (water_towers_pressure_distribution)
- Watermills (watermills)
Fields
Field lanes
- Materials Science & Manufacturing: Metals & Alloys
Node sources
- 5,000 years old Egyptian iron beads made from hammered meteoritic iron (Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, primary_paper) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 1
- Average edge confidence: 82%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- primary_source: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forging and Smithing (forging_and_smithing) | required | 82% | primary_source | The Gerzeh beads were hammered meteoritic iron, so shaping metal by hammering/working is core to the scoped early iron-working node. |
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