Basic Woodworking
Deliberately shaping wood into tools, shafts, handles, shelters, and fuel supports using stone implements and other early toolkits.
Core metadata
- ID: woodworking_basic
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -300000 (millennium)
- Region: Schöningen, Germany and other Pleistocene wooden-tool contexts
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Abacus (abacus)
- Advanced Shipbuilding (Bireme, Trireme) (advanced_shipbuilding_bireme_trireme)
- Basic Boat Propulsion (Paddles, Poles) (basic_boat_propulsion)
- Basic Shelter (basic_shelter)
- Bellows (bellows)
- Charcoal Pit Kilns (charcoal_pit_kilns)
- Color Printing (Woodblock, Intaglio) (color_printing_woodblock_intaglio)
- Composite Sickle Blades (composite_sickle_blades)
- Copper Pins, Hooks & Fasteners (copper_rivets_fasteners)
- Crane & Lifting Devices (crane_lifting_devices)
- Dugout Canoe Paddles (dugout_paddles)
- Early Boats (early_boats)
- Early Fortifications (early_fortifications)
- Fish Weirs & Traps (fish_weirs_and_traps)
- Fortified Marching Camps (fortified_camps_marching_camps)
- Gastraphetes (Belly-Bow) (gastraphetes_belly_bow)
- Heavy Plow (Mouldboard Plow) (heavy_plow_mouldboard)
- Hide Tent Frames (hide_tent_frames)
- Horse Collar (horse_collar)
- Lateen Sail & Caravel (lateen_sail_caravel)
- Levers, Sledges, and Timber Slipways (levers_and_rollers)
- Classical Simple Machines and Hoisting Aids (levers_pulleys_ramps)
- Longbow (longbow)
- Loom (loom)
- Olive & Grape Press (olive_press_grape_press)
- Plow (plow)
- Powered, Controlled Flight (powered_flight_wright_flyer)
- Printing Press (printing_press)
- Rope Bridges (rope_bridges)
- Saw Mill (saw_mill)
- Siege Towers & Battering Rams (siege_towers_battering_rams)
- Timber Framing (timber_framing)
- Torsion Springs (torsion_springs)
- Trapping (trapping)
- Trebuchet (Counterweight Siege Engine) (trebuchet_counterweight_siege_engine)
- Water Screw (Archimedes Screw) (water_screw_archimedes)
- Watermill Sawmills (watermill_sawmills)
- Watermills (watermills)
- Wax Tablets (wax_tablets)
- Wheel and Axle (wheel_and_axle)
- Windmills (windmills)
- Wooden Yokes (wooden_yokes)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- The wooden artifacts from Schöningen's Spear Horizon and their place in human evolution (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, primary_paper) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 1
- Average edge confidence: 84%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- primary_source: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Tool Making (stone_tool_making) | required | 84% | primary_source | Preserved Pleistocene wooden tools show deliberate shaping, implying cutting, scraping, and finishing with earlier toolmaking capabilities. |
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