AI Archeo-HUB
International hub dedicated to the application of artificial intelligence to digital archaeology and to the enhancement of Sardinia’s Nuragic heritage, based at the Manifattura Tabacchi in Cagliari.
Overview
The Hub originates from a partnership between the Association “La Sardegna verso l’Unesco”, the University of Cagliari, the University of Sassari and Duke University. The initiative combines innovative research, advanced interdisciplinary training and public engagement, with potential impacts on cultural tourism and the local economy.
Objectives
New models and methods for digital archaeology and for communicating Nuragic heritage.
Role of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence becomes a bridge between Nuragic heritage and future technologies. It analyzes and organizes large archaeological datasets, accelerates artifact classification, enables virtual reconstructions of Nuragic landscapes and community behaviors in monument construction. Through remote sensing and machine learning, it identifies potential new sites and helps transform research into accessible historical narratives.
Activities
- Training
- International summer schools on the use of AI in Nuragic archaeology.
- Analysis
- Digital inventories, archaeological data and remote sensing.
- Reconstruction
- Landscapes, architecture and behaviors of Nuragic communities.
- Storytelling
- New narratives and heritage experiences for the public.
Partners
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People
Maurizio Forte - Duke University (Studi classici / storia dell arte / studi visivi)
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Anna Depalmas - Universita' di Sassari (DUMAS)
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Riccardo Cicilloni - Universita' di Cagliari (Lettere, Lingue e Beni Culturali)
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Fabio Calogero Pinna - Universita' di Cagliari (Lettere, Lingue e Beni Culturali)
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Alessandra Fanni - Universita' di Cagliari (Ingegneria elettrica ed elettronica)
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Ivan Blecic - Universita' di Cagliari (Ingegneria civile/ambientale/architettura)
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Raffaele Paci - Universita' di Cagliari (Scienze economiche ed aziendali)
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Barbara Cannas - Universita' di Cagliari (Ingegneria elettrica ed elettronica)
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Mariano Porcu - Universita' di Cagliari (Scienze Politiche e Sociali)
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Peter Van Dommelen - Brown University (Archeologia e Antropologia)
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Mark Pearce - University of Nottingham (Dipartimento di Studi Classici e Archeologia)
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Organisations / Plans
G-Lab - Centro interdipartimentale (UniCA)
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Workshop / Progetto RETURN - UniCA
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CRENoS - Centro di Ricerca Economica Nord Sud
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Sardegna Nuragica - progetto finanziato dalla RAS
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CRS4 - Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Studi Superiori in Sardegna- Carlino Casari
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DIEE - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica (UniCA)
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Conference 2023
“Sardinia, Island of the Nuraghi”, international conference promoted by the Association “La Sardegna verso l’Unesco”. During the two-day event archaeologists, economists, landscape architects, marketing experts, heritage managers, anthropologists and geneticists contributed with different perspectives. The initiative highlighted the need for interdisciplinary collaboration to communicate the value of the Nuragic civilization and the monumental landscape that testifies to its uniqueness.
Download the program (PDF)Conference 2024
Nuragic Civilization and Artificial Intelligence: From Stones to Neural Networks. The Nuragic civilization, the most important cultural heritage of Sardinia and still an integral part of its natural and architectural landscape, is ready to face the new challenges related to Artificial Intelligence. Past, present and future met in a major international event organized by the Association “La Sardegna verso l’Unesco” with experts from around the world in Cagliari, offering new analytical perspectives and insights for defining sustainable development models for Sardinia.
Download the program (PDF)Conference 2025
The Nuraghi speak to the world. An opportunity to present the strategic initiative aimed at enhancing this extraordinary archaeological heritage of Sardinia in the presence of the President of the Region, Alessandra Todde. The results achieved by the project for the protection and promotion of Nuragic monuments are illustrated: the things that have been done and those still to be done will be told directly by the main actors: the Sardinia Region, DICAAR (Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Cagliari) for landscape aspects, with CRENoS (Center for North-South Economic Research between the Universities of Cagliari and Sassari) for management aspects, with CRS4 (Research, Development, and Advanced Studies Center in Sardinia) for technology and innovation aspects, and with the Archaeology Departments of the Universities of Cagliari and Sassari for scientific and archaeological aspects.
Download the program (PDF)A Virtual Journey inside the Nuraghe Pontes in Dualchi (Sardinia)
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