Terraced Hillside Farming
Retaining walls and stepped fields that controlled erosion and water on slopes.
Core metadata
- ID: terraced_hillside_farming
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -3000 (century)
- Region: Global / multiple regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Heavy Draft Plowing (heavy_draft_plowing)
- Irrigation Sluice Gates (irrigation_sluice_gates)
- Masonry (masonry)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation Sluice Gates (irrigation_sluice_gates) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Irrigation Sluice Gates provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Masonry (masonry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Masonry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Heavy Draft Plowing (heavy_draft_plowing) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Heavy Draft Plowing provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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