{"id":171174,"date":"2025-10-14T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=171174"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:46:21","slug":"archaeologist-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/education-and-humanism\/archaeologist-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Archaeologist Teaching History to Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/tec.mx\/en\/our-faculty\/ehe\/patricia-murrieta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patricia Murrieta<\/a> was a child, her family took her to visit Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1. After a long walk through the <a href=\"\/en\/science-communication\/edzna-maya-archaeoacoustics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">archaeological site<\/a>, exhausted from so much walking, she yelled to her dad, \u201cI don\u2019t want to see any more old stones!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her father reminded her of that moment years later, when she graduated with a degree in Archaeology from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She grew up surrounded by inspiration drawn from science, the arts, and archaeology. Her parents were mathematical physicists and professors at UNAM. Her grandmother was a painter. But it was her aunt Mar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles\u2014affectionately called Coca\u2014who had the most profound impact on her. Coca worked as an archaeologist and became one of Patricia\u2019s greatest influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy Aunt Coca worked for many years in the Maya region as a ceramicist at the archaeological site of Palenque,\u201d she recalls. \u201cShe was one of the main influences in my life because <strong>she really sparked my imagination with archaeology<\/strong>, thanks to all the stories she told me. She even gave me a wonderful illustrated book about the myths and tales of Mesoamerican archaeology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia Murrieta is one of the pioneers in digital humanities, a field that <strong>blends computational technologies with research and scholarship in disciplines <\/strong>such as history, literature, philosophy, and the arts. In addition to earning her archaeology degree with honors at ENAH, she completed a master\u2019s and a Ph.D. in Applied Computing for Archaeology at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murrieta\u2014who recently joined the <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/school-of-humanities-and-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Humanities and Education<\/a> at Tec as a distinguished professor of Digital Humanities and <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a> through the <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/faculty-of-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty of Excellence<\/a> initiative\u2014has turned those early influences into a lifelong mission to unlock the archaeological value of those \u201cold stones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/patricia-murrieta2.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/patricia-murrieta2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/patricia-murrieta2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/patricia-murrieta2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\r\n            <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The archaeologist, part of the Faculty of Excellence program, is leading the development of an artificial intelligence lab for the humanities at Tec de Monterrey. (Photo: Ricardo Trevi\u00f1o \/ TecScience)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching AI About History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a researcher, Murrieta develops AI and machine learning models to analyze a historical period she\u2019s deeply passionate about: <strong>the Latin American colonial era, studied through its regions and specific historical contexts<\/strong>. \u201cWhat I love about archaeology is precisely thinking about these processes from the past\u2014how they happened, and how they still shape our lives today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, while mainstream history often emphasizes the Spaniards\u2019 technological superiority in taking over cities like Mexico-Tenochtitlan\u2014which, at the time, was more advanced than European cities like London or Paris, with its potable water systems, public sanitation, and a population of over 200,000\u2014Murrieta points out that the conquest wasn\u2019t solely the work of the Spanish. It was, in fact, the Tlaxcaltecs who carried it out, and the outcome was driven by <strong>strategic alliances and the fragmentation among Mesoamerican Indigenous groups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The version of history we\u2019ve inherited, she argues, especially when it comes to the conquest of Mexico, has been <strong>incomplete and biased<\/strong>\u2014told primarily from the perspective of Spanish chroniclers and writers, who either erased or distorted Indigenous narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of my deepest interests is thinking about <strong>how we can decolonize history<\/strong>\u2014that is, how we can pay attention to all those voices and narratives that haven\u2019t been heard or acknowledged, for a variety of social and practical reasons, but that could offer us a completely different view of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Computational Technologies Unlock Three Centuries of Colonization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a student, Murrieta discovered <strong>how computational technologies could be applied to archaeology<\/strong> during a topography class taught by Professor Javier L\u00f3pez Camacho. \u201cHe was the one who really introduced me to the computing side of things and helped me imagine its potential. We used a software program\u2014still available today, called Surfer\u2014to create digital elevation models and generate site maps for archaeological digs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has also worked with Mexico\u2019s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) on projects like the Archaeological Atlas of Chiapas, where she realized there was a pressing need to integrate digital tools, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This also applies to making use of the <strong>millions of historical documents<\/strong> housed in Mexico\u2019s National Archives, which, she says, contain countless hidden stories of Indigenous communities that have yet to be uncovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major part of her work has focused on digitizing and analyzing these documents using <strong>AI models capable of recognizing and transcribing early modern Spanish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith a technique called HTR\u2014Handwritten Text Recognition\u2014my research team has trained five models on different types of 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century handwriting to automatically transcribe these manuscripts. Many of the documents are multilingual, <strong>written in Spanish alongside Nahuatl, Zapotec, Latin, and other languages.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another project, she\u2019s using text mining techniques to extract information and identify key concepts and phrases from large datasets, focusing on topics such as disease, traditions, communities, and daily activities\u2014then mapping them geographically. This technology led to the development of a tool called Geographical Text Analysis, which was used to create the first map showing <strong>how epidemics were mentioned in 16th-century New Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s also applying these technologies in a project funded by the UK\u2019s Economic and Social Research Council, aimed at analyzing the history of <strong>the colonial fleets that connected the Americas and Europe<\/strong>. These fleets transported people, goods, and animals\u2014and through the analysis of around 35,000 documents, her team is exploring their economic, social, and cultural impact on both continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing AI Models for Historical Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Murrieta is also co-director of the Centre for Digital Humanities and a faculty member in the History Department at Lancaster University. She\u2019s a fellow of the UK\u2019s Royal Historical Society, as well as a scientific advisor to the Science Museum in London and to the UK Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even in her spare time, Murrieta continues to explore her passion for archaeology. Together with her husband,<strong> she\u2019s designing a board game <\/strong>called&nbsp;<em>El juego de la Nueva Espa\u00f1a<\/em>\u2014The Game of New Spain\u2014to promote historical knowledge in a fun and engaging way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a distinguished professor, she is leading the creation of an artificial intelligence lab for humanities, called\u00a0<strong><em>Amoxkalli<\/em>, which means \u201chouse of books\u201d in Nahuatl<\/strong>. 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