Basic Smelting
Using a chemically reducing agent and a hot, air-fed fire to extract a base metal like copper from its ore.
Core metadata
- ID: smelting_basic
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -5000 (century)
- Region: Belovode / Vinca culture, eastern Serbia
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Early Balkan Metallurgy: Origins, Evolution and Society, 6200-3700 BC (Journal of World Prehistory / Springer, 2021, review) • Supports: node
Locator: The review discusses Belovode copper slag and copper smelting from around 5000 BCE onward in the Balkans.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining (mining) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mining provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Pottery (pottery) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Pottery provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Charcoal Production (charcoal_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Charcoal Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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