Pigment Creation
Sourcing, grinding, mixing, and storing ochre-rich pigment compounds using stone tools and containers.
Core metadata
- ID: pigment_creation
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -100000 (millennium)
- Region: Blombos Cave, Western Cape, South Africa
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Basic Chemistry (Early Forms) (basic_chemistry_early_forms)
- Classical Sculpture (classical_sculpture)
- Color Printing (Woodblock, Intaglio) (color_printing_woodblock_intaglio)
- Early Alchemy & Material Science (early_alchemy_material_science)
- Early Symbolic Communication (early_symbolic_communication)
- Fine Arts (Medieval) (fine_arts_medieval)
- Fresco Painting (fresco_painting)
- Heraldry (heraldry)
- Illuminated Manuscripts & Scribal Art (illuminated_manuscripts_scribal_art)
- Mosaic Art (mosaic_art)
- Oil-Based Inks (oil_based_inks)
- Oil Painting (oil_painting)
- Stained Glass Window Artistry (stained_glass_window_artistry)
Fields
Field lanes
- Materials Science & Manufacturing: Foundations
Node sources
- A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa (Science / PubMed, 2011, primary_paper) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 71%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- primary_source: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Tool Making (stone_tool_making) | required | 86% | primary_source | The Blombos toolkit included grindstones and hammerstones for processing ochre-rich mixtures, making stone tools part of the documented production method. |
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| Fire Control (fire_control) | common_dependency | 56% | primary_source | Charcoal was part of the documented Blombos pigment toolkit, but fire is contextual rather than a universal hard prerequisite for pigment creation. |
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