Smoked Food Preservation
Preserving meat, fish, and other foods with smoke, drying, salt, and controlled heat to extend storage and transport life.
Core metadata
- ID: smoked_food_preservation
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -9000 (unknown)
- Region: Afro-Eurasia and other historical societies
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Fire Control (fire_control)
- Food Preservation (Drying, Salting) (food_preservation_drying_salting)
- Salt Harvesting (salt_harvesting)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- 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, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 70%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| 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. |
|
| Food Preservation (Drying, Salting) (food_preservation_drying_salting) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Food Preservation (Drying, Salting) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Salt Harvesting (salt_harvesting) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Salt Harvesting provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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