Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre

Volume: 2 June 1, 2014
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Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre

Abstract

Rhodiapolis was a medium sized polis in the Eastern Lycian region, by the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia. Over the course of this 4 year excavation the theater which had been largely buried was exposed and became one of the few Lycian theaters that to date has been completely excavated. In consequence, new infor­ma­tion was obtained concerning the theater architec­ture of the Lycia region and of the architecture of Anatolian Greco-Roman theaters. In this study, archeometric prac­tices providing crucial technical support to archeology were employed in the investiga­tion of the theatre. The archeometric study of the theatre enabled the accurate measurement of the theatre, its location within the thematic topographic map of the city and its surroundings with a scale of 1/5000, the drawing of the stone plan and photogram­metric drawings of the analemma and the walls of the stage building of the theatre, determining the period, shape and the changes made to the theatre. In addition, the preservation statics, the architectural features, visual monitoring and the acoustic assessment in the Rhodia­polis Theater are discussed. Among the ques­tions concerning theatres the question as to, “For how many people was this theatre constructed”, the notional capacity of the theatre arises. Within the scope of this study because no formulated practical accurate method concerning theatre audience capacity has been recorded in the sources, nor in the texts concerning theatres to date, a formula was developed to measure the capacity of the seating.

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June 1, 2014

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Year 2014 Volume: 2

APA
Özdilek, B. (2014). Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre. Cedrus, 2, 291-306. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464
AMA
1.Özdilek B. Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre. Cedrus. 2014;2:291-306. doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464
Chicago
Özdilek, Banu. 2014. “Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre”. Cedrus 2 (June): 291-306. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464.
EndNote
Özdilek B (June 1, 2014) Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre. Cedrus 2 291–306.
IEEE
[1]B. Özdilek, “Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre”, Cedrus, vol. 2, pp. 291–306, June 2014, doi: 10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464.
ISNAD
Özdilek, Banu. “Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre”. Cedrus 2 (June 1, 2014): 291-306. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464.
JAMA
1.Özdilek B. Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre. Cedrus. 2014;2:291–306.
MLA
Özdilek, Banu. “Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre”. Cedrus, vol. 2, June 2014, pp. 291-06, doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464.
Vancouver
1.Banu Özdilek. Archaeometric Studies Conducted at the Rhodiapolis Theatre. Cedrus. 2014 Jun. 1;2:291-306. doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.201406464

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