Research Article

Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex

Volume: 8 June 30, 2020
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Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex

Abstract

Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) was used to record an inscription carved on the surfaces of 17 limestone blocks of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex (Konya), which dates from the XIIIth century B.C. After a brief introduction concerning the site and the RTI technique, and particularly its Highlight-RTI variant, this paper reports on the imaging strategy tailored to the conditions of this specific landscape monument, which contains blocks of various dimensions organized along three axes. While various applications of the RTI technique on open-air examples have been reported in the literature to date , our experience on the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex presents a large-scale application of Highlight-RTI on a complex monument. The paper concludes that RTI is an efficient tool for documenting landscape monuments when the needs of each site are carefully analyzed. In this large-scale capacity, RTI works best as a site-specific technique customized to the particulari-ties of each locale.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Müge Durusu Tanrıöver This is me
0000-0002-0734-7301
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 30, 2020

Submission Date

January 17, 2020

Acceptance Date

February 6, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 8

APA
Durusu Tanrıöver, M. (2020). Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex. Cedrus, 8, 135-146. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.202006
AMA
1.Durusu Tanrıöver M. Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex. Cedrus. 2020;8:135-146. doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.202006
Chicago
Durusu Tanrıöver, Müge. 2020. “Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex”. Cedrus 8 (June): 135-46. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.202006.
EndNote
Durusu Tanrıöver M (June 1, 2020) Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex. Cedrus 8 135–146.
IEEE
[1]M. Durusu Tanrıöver, “Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex”, Cedrus, vol. 8, pp. 135–146, June 2020, doi: 10.13113/CEDRUS.202006.
ISNAD
Durusu Tanrıöver, Müge. “Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex”. Cedrus 8 (June 1, 2020): 135-146. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.202006.
JAMA
1.Durusu Tanrıöver M. Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex. Cedrus. 2020;8:135–146.
MLA
Durusu Tanrıöver, Müge. “Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex”. Cedrus, vol. 8, June 2020, pp. 135-46, doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.202006.
Vancouver
1.Müge Durusu Tanrıöver. Adapting Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Suboptimal Field Conditi¬ons Presented by Large-Scale Landscape Monuments: The Case of the Yalburt Yaylası Sacred Pool Complex. Cedrus. 2020 Jun. 1;8:135-46. doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.202006

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