Lime Plaster

Burning limestone or shells and mixing the lime with water and aggregates to make durable wall coatings, floors, and waterproof surfaces.

Core metadata

ID: lime_plaster
Era: Ancient
First known date: -12000 (millennium)
Region: Southern Levant
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Fire Control (fire_control)

Dependents

Portland Cement (portland_cement)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Lime plaster cover of the dead 12,000 years ago - new evidence for the origins of lime plaster technology (PLOS ONE, 2023, primary_paper) • Supports: node
Locator: Article title and introduction identify lime plaster technology 12,000 years ago and discuss earlier burnt-lime evidence in the southern Levant.

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 1
Average edge confidence: 75%
Prerequisite sources: 1
expert_inference: 1

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
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.	Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, primary_paper) • Supports: edge

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