Leather Tanning
Preservation and softening of hides using smoke, fats, bark tannins, oils, and scraping for clothing, containers, straps, armor, and tools.
Core metadata
- ID: leather_tanning
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -9500 (unknown)
- Region: Afro-Eurasia and other historical societies
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Advanced Stone Tools (advanced_stone_tools)
- Animal Husbandry (animal_husbandry)
- Fire Control (fire_control)
Dependents
- Pack Saddles (animal_pack_saddles)
- Bone Awls & Needles (bone_awls_needles)
- Cart Axle Bearings (cart_axle_bearings)
- Hide Tent Frames (hide_tent_frames)
- Windbreak Shelters (simple_windbreak_shelters)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Pace and process in the emergence of animal husbandry in Neolithic Southwest Asia (Bioarchaeology of the Near East, 2014, review) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 73%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Husbandry (animal_husbandry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Animal Husbandry 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. | No sources recorded. |
| Fire Control (fire_control) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Fire Control is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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