The enigmas of archaeology? These can now be solved using artificial intelligence.
Posted date: 25 May 2019
Artificial intelligence can be used to solve one of the most complicated ‘puzzles’ which have occupied archaeologists since time immemorial, namely recognizing and piecing together thousands of pottery fragments which regularly come to light during excavations. This is the result of ArchAIDE, a project coordinated by the MAPPA Laboratory of the Department of Civilizations and Forms of Knowledge of the University of Pisa which has led to the development of an innovative App based on the system of automated recognition and neural networks which makes use of technology similar to that used in the investigative field for facial recognition.
The project funded by the European Union under the H 020 programme lasted for three years from 2016 until May 2019, and engaged 35 researchers, IT experts, designers and video makers from nine universities, research centres and firms in 5 different countries (Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Israel and Spain).
The goal of the App from the ArchAIDE project is precisely to solve these problems, as it was developed to be a simple and effective field tool. It will be sufficient to photograph fragments using mobile devices (smartphones or tablets), for them to be recognised and the data shared in real time thus creating an archive which can be used by any researcher, academic or enthusiast wherever they are.
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