Firing-temperature fuel index

Status: Prior

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This is a proposed connection between two domains, generated by a language model. It is not an article and not evidence: it sits below the evidence/publication boundary. A quantitative prediction and a named kill-dataset are attached (when registered) so the claim stays falsifiable rather than merely evocative.

Claim (verbatim)

Firing-temperature fuel index. Ceramic firing temperatures decline during deforestation episodes — kilns as energy-scarcity gauges. Falsify: refiring tests vs pollen/charcoal records.

Kill-dataset (verbatim)

refiring tests vs pollen/charcoal records.

Provenance

Run: Imported conversation (verbatim harvest) · model: claude-fable-5

Origin: operator conversation with Claude Fable 5 at max effort, conducted 2026-07-03, relayed verbatim by the operator into the shepherd session on 2026-07-04. No ModelRun exists for the original generation (it happened outside the pipeline); this transcript file is the canonical capture. Transcript path: docs/generated/conjecture_harvest_fablemax_20260703.md. Model (operator-attested, not pipeline-recorded): claude-fable-5. Novelty disclaimer (verbatim, load-bearing -- rule 4): "Same caveat as before, doubled: at 100 items across all of archaeology and history, some of these will have cousins in the literature I can't check. What I can guarantee is the format — each links two things not normally linked, and each names the dataset or measurement that would kill it."

Novelty / leakage triage

Leaked (already exists in the literature)

The core join is published in at least one direct case: HTTL archaeothermometry at Pool (Orkney) measures declining firing temperatures over time and explicitly weighs a fuel-resource-scarcity explanation supported by paleoenvironmental evidence — kilns as energy-scarcity gauges, tested with exactly the claim's logic. A generalized firing-temperature-vs-pollen/charcoal program across deforestation episodes was not located, but the connection exists.

'Decline in firing technology or poorer fuel resources? HTTL archaeothermometry at Pool, Sanday, Orkney', JAS — Direct firing-temp decline + fuel-scarcity interpretation

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