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When rock art meets machine learning
Young Dakal clan landowner Desmond Lindsay visits this site on his country for the first time. Most sites are remote and often impossible to even approach closely by vehicle. Photo: Mimal Land Management
Aboriginal Corporation (MLMAC).
Rock art of human figures created over thousands of years in Arnhem Land has been put through a transformative machine learning study to analyse style changes over the years.
The study – just published in Australian Archaeology – has tested different styles labelled ‘Northern Running figures’, ‘Dynamic figures’, ‘Post Dynamic figures’ and ‘Simple figures with Boomerangs’ to understand how these styles relate to one another. ....

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