Machine learning arrives in archaeology

SH Bickler - Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2021 - cambridge.org
Machine learning (ML) is rapidly being adopted by archaeologists interested in analyzing a
range of geospatial, material cultural, textual, natural, and artistic data. The algorithms are …

Digital Tools for Data Acquisition and Heritage Management in Archaeology and Their Impact on Archaeological Practices

D Moullou, R Vital, S Sylaiou, L Ragia - Heritage, 2023 - mdpi.com
The significance of data acquisition in archaeological practice has consistently held great
importance. Over the past few decades, the growing prevalence of digitization in acquiring …

[HTML][HTML] Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archeology. An overview

G Gattiglia - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2025 - Elsevier
The integration of AI in archaeology poses several risks due to the oversimplification of
complex archaeological data for computational ease. This reductionist approach fosters a …

On the use of Machine Learning methods in rock art research with application to automatic painted rock art identification

A Jalandoni, Y Zhang, NA Zaidi - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Rock art is globally recognized as significant, yet the resources allocated to the study and
exploration of this important form of cultural heritage are often scarce. In areas where …

Pattern recognition and artificial intelligence techniques for cultural heritage

F Fontanella, F Colace, M Molinara, AS Di Freca… - Pattern Recognition …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper is the editorial of the virtual special issue (VSI)“Pattern recognition and artificial
intelligence techniques for cultural heritage”, of which the authors of this paper have been …

Reconstructing rock art chronology with transfer learning: A case study from Arnhem Land, Australia

J Kowlessar, J Keal, D Wesley, I Moffat… - Australian …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, machine learning approaches have been used to classify and extract style
from media and have been used to reinforce known chronologies from classical art history …

Research Progress in the Splicing and Restoration of Artifact Fragments Based on Point Cloud

J Zhao, L Yin, J Yang, X Hua… - ISPRS Annals of the …, 2023 - isprs-annals.copernicus.org
Due to environmental reasons, most of the artifacts are fragmented, and the surface
information of the artifacts is also blurred. The traditional method of repairing artifacts mainly …

“Don't judge coarse wares by their ugliness…”. The benefits of fabric analysis and the use of Supervised Deep Learning algorithms for the study of Roman pottery …

S Willems, C Chaidron, B Borgers - 2024 - orfeo.belnet.be
Ceramic vessels are one of the most important witnesses of everyday life as they withstand
burial conditions well and are discarded when broken, while rarely recycled. They have the …

A Boat Is a Boat Is a Boat… Unless It Is a Horse–Rethinking the Role of Typology

C Horn, A Green, VW Skärström, C Lindhé… - Open …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Today, it is widely accepted that typology is a biased and inconsistent attempt to classify
archaeological material based on the similarity of a predefined set of features. In this …

Automated tracing of petroglyphs using spatial algorithms

A Jalandoni, J Shuker - Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inventories of a rock art site often do not include tracings due to time and budget constraints,
however they are still important for aiding interpretation. While digital inventories from 3D …