Latrines & Waste Pits
Dedicated places for human waste disposal that reduced contamination around homes, camps, workshops, and early settlements.
Core metadata
- ID: latrines_and_waste_pits
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -2600 (century)
- Region: Early urban settlements across multiple regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Advanced Stone Tools (advanced_stone_tools)
- Sewers and Drainage (sewers_and_drainage)
- Village Settlements (village_settlements)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
Field lanes
- Water & Sanitation Systems: Sanitation & Sewerage
Node sources
- Sanitation Safety (World Health Organization, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 70%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village Settlements (village_settlements) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Village Settlements provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Advanced Stone Tools (advanced_stone_tools) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Advanced Stone Tools is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Sewers and Drainage (sewers_and_drainage) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Sewers and Drainage provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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