Metal Casting Molds
Reusable or expendable molds that enabled repeatable production of tools, weapons, ornaments, fittings, and ritual objects.
Core metadata
- ID: metal_casting_molds
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -4000 (century)
- Region: Mehrgarh, Baluchistan, Pakistan
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Casting and Molding (casting_and_molding)
- Clay Gathering and Preparation (clay_gathering_and_preparation)
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- High spatial dynamics-photoluminescence imaging reveals the metallurgy of the earliest lost-wax cast object (Nature Communications, 2016, primary_paper) • Supports: node
Locator: The paper identifies a 6,000-year-old Mehrgarh amulet as the earliest known lost-wax cast object and describes the clay-mold casting process.
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. |
| Clay Gathering and Preparation (clay_gathering_and_preparation) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Clay Gathering and Preparation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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