Over the past two decades, Digital Humanities has transformed the landscape of humanities and social sciences, enabling advanced computational analysis and interpretation of extensive datasets. Notably, recent initiatives in Southeast Asia, particularly in Singapore, focus on categorising and archiving historical data such as artwork, literature and, most notably archaeological artefacts. This study illustrates the profound potential of Digital Humanities through the application of statistical methods on two distinct artefact datasets. Specifically, we present the results of an automated die study on mid-1st millennium AD "Rising Sun" coinage from mainland Southeast Asia, while subsequently utilising unsupervised statistical methods on 2D images of 13th-14th century earthenware ceramics excavated from the precolonial St. Andrew's Cathedral site in central Singapore. This research offers a comparative assessment showcasing the transformative impact of statistics-based approaches on the interpretation and analysis of diverse archaeological materials and within Digital Humanities overall.

翻译：过去二十年间，数字人文深刻改变了人文学科与社会科学的格局，使大规模数据集的先进计算分析与解读成为可能。值得注意的是，东南亚地区（尤其是新加坡）近年来的研究项目重点聚焦于艺术品、文献，尤其是考古文物等历史数据的分类与归档工作。本研究通过将统计方法应用于两个独特的文物数据集，揭示了数字人文的巨大潜力。具体而言，我们首先展示了针对东南亚大陆公元1世纪中期"旭日"钱币的自动化铸模研究结果，继而采用无监督统计方法，对新加坡中部前殖民时期圣安德烈教堂遗址出土的13至14世纪陶器二维图像进行了分析。本研究通过比较评估，展现了基于统计的方法在多样考古材料解读分析以及数字人文整体领域中所带来的变革性影响。