Wells & Cisterns
Constructed water sources and storage basins that made settlements more resilient to dry seasons and surface water contamination.
Core metadata
- ID: wells_and_cisterns
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -8000 (millennium)
- Region: Southwest Asia and other early settled regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Masonry (masonry)
- Village Settlements (village_settlements)
- Water Carrying Techniques (water_carrying_techniques)
Dependents
- Fortress Water Cisterns (fortress_water_cisterns)
- Municipal Water Supply (municipal_water_supply)
- Qanat Water Supply (qanat_water_supply)
- Rainwater Harvesting (rainwater_harvesting)
Fields
Field lanes
- Water & Sanitation Systems: Supply & Storage
Node sources
- Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Carrying Techniques (water_carrying_techniques) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Water Carrying Techniques 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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| Village Settlements (village_settlements) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Village Settlements provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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