Wattle and Daub
A composite building material using a woven lattice of wooden strips (wattle) daubed with a sticky material like clay or soil.
Core metadata
- ID: wattle_and_daub
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -4000 (millennium)
- Region: Neolithic Europe, Western Asia, Egypt, and other early farming settlements
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Basic Shelter (basic_shelter)
- Basic Weaving and Basketry (basic_weaving_basketry)
- Clay Gathering and Preparation (clay_gathering_and_preparation)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Wattle and daub (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: Britannica defines wattle and daub as woven stakes or twigs packed with daub, matching the construction-technique scope. - Wattle and Daub (John Moore Museum, 2021, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: The museum overview states that wattle and daub has been used for thousands of years and notes ancient Egyptian and Roman use, supporting a Neolithic-to-ancient broad scope.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 73%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Shelter (basic_shelter) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Shelter is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Basic Weaving and Basketry (basic_weaving_basketry) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Weaving and Basketry is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| 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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