AI trained on simulated sites finds unknown features in lidar data

Archaeology News Online Magazine · Aug 23 · 🤖 AI · 3 min read

Archaeologists have tested a new way to train deep learning models when real examples of a site type are scarce. Instead of large collections of known sites, the team created simulated archaeological objects and placed them into real lidar terrain data. The study focused on 12 unusual circular struc...