Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India
This paper analyzes the relationships among eight ancient scripts from between Greece and India. We used convolutional neural networks combined with support vector machines to give a numerical rating of the similarity between pairs of signs (one sign from each of two different scripts). Two scripts...
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| description | This paper analyzes the relationships among eight ancient scripts from between Greece and India. We used convolutional neural networks combined with support vector machines to give a numerical rating of the similarity between pairs of signs (one sign from each of two different scripts). Two scripts that had a one-to-one matching of their signs were determined to be related. The result of the analysis is the finding of the following three groups, which are listed in chronological order: (1) Sumerian pictograms, the Indus Valley script, and the proto-Elamite script; (2) Cretan hieroglyphs and Linear B; and (3) the Phoenician, Greek, and Brahmi alphabets. Based on their geographic locations and times of appearance, Group (1) may originate from Mesopotamia in the early Bronze Age, Group (2) may originate from Europe in the middle Bronze Age, and Group (3) may originate from the Sinai Peninsula in the late Bronze Age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e85e3466ca584208af3486a8175ff3902023-11-17T19:44:29ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892023-04-0114422710.3390/info14040227Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and IndiaShruti Daggumati0Peter Z. Revesz1School of Computing, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USASchool of Computing, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USAThis paper analyzes the relationships among eight ancient scripts from between Greece and India. We used convolutional neural networks combined with support vector machines to give a numerical rating of the similarity between pairs of signs (one sign from each of two different scripts). Two scripts that had a one-to-one matching of their signs were determined to be related. The result of the analysis is the finding of the following three groups, which are listed in chronological order: (1) Sumerian pictograms, the Indus Valley script, and the proto-Elamite script; (2) Cretan hieroglyphs and Linear B; and (3) the Phoenician, Greek, and Brahmi alphabets. Based on their geographic locations and times of appearance, Group (1) may originate from Mesopotamia in the early Bronze Age, Group (2) may originate from Europe in the middle Bronze Age, and Group (3) may originate from the Sinai Peninsula in the late Bronze Age.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/4/227classificationepigraphyneural networksscript familysupport vector machine |
| spellingShingle | Shruti Daggumati Peter Z. Revesz Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India Information classification epigraphy neural networks script family support vector machine |
| title | Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India |
| title_full | Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India |
| title_fullStr | Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India |
| title_short | Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India |
| title_sort | convolutional neural networks analysis reveals three possible sources of bronze age writings between greece and india |
| topic | classification epigraphy neural networks script family support vector machine |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/4/227 |
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