CRAFT

Archeologists have been classifying ancient Native American pottery shards called sherds for many years but still tend to disagree. With up to 50% of archeologists disagreeing on classifications, a more consistent method is necessary. Our client, Dr. Leszek Pawlowicz, who studies the group of sherds called Tusayan White Ware, submitted a Capstone proposal to improve the consistency of classification, as well as ease the process of sherd classification for archeologists.

The goal of team CRAFT is to increase the consistency of classification streamline the process of classifying Tusayan White Ware pottery shards by archeologists in the lab and out in the field. We aim to accomplish this by improving upon the client’s current deep learning image classification model, then integrating this model into a mobile application for field classification, as well as a conveyor belt system for use in a lab environment.