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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

Year 2020, Volume: 8, 135 - 146, 30.06.2020
https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.202006

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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Yansıtma Dönüşümlü Görüntüleme’nin (RTI) Büyük Ölçekli Peyzaj Anıtlarının Sunduğu Zorlayıcı Koşullara Uyarlanması: Yalburt Yaylası Kutsal Havuz Anıtı Örneği

Year 2020, Volume: 8, 135 - 146, 30.06.2020
https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.202006

Abstract

MÖ XIII. yüzyıla tarihlenen Yalburt Yaylası Kutsal Havuz Kompleksi’nde (Konya) 17 adet kireçtaşı bloğun yüzeylerine kazınmış yazıtın kayıt altına alınması için Yansıtma Dönüşümlü Görüntüleme (Reflectance Transformation Imaging, RTI) kullanılmıştır. Anıta ve RTI’ın Highlight-RTI moduna dair kısa bir girişin ardından makale üç farklı yönde ve farklı özelliklerde bloklar içeren Yalburt anıtının sunduğu özel koşullar için tasarlanmış görüntüleme stratejisini anlatmaktadır. Her ne kadar RTI’ın açık havada kullanıldığı başka örneklere daha önce literatürde yer verilmiş olsa da, Yalburt Yaylası Kutsal Havuz Kompleksi’ne dair deneyimimiz Highlight-RTI’ın pek çok bileşeni olan bir kaya anıtı özelinde nasıl büyük ölçekli bir uygulama olabileceğini göstermektedir. Makale, yerel gereklilikler detaylı şekilde analiz edildiği takdirde RTI’ın kırsal peyzajda konumlanmış kaya anıtlarının kayıt al-tına alınması için etkili bir yöntem ola-bileceğini önermektedir. Sonuç olarak, kaya anıtlarının bu teknikle görüntülenmesinde en iyi sonuçların alınabilmesi için RTI’ın yerel koşullara uyarlanan ve o yere özgü bir biçimde özelleştirilmiş bir teknik olarak ele alınması gerektiği ortaya konulmaktadır.

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  • Cultural Heritage Imaging 2019c Cultural Heritage Imaging, View: RTIViewer Download. 2019. http://culturalheritageimaging.org/What_We_Offer/Downloads/View/index.html.
  • Dellepiane et al. 2006 M. Dellepiane, M. Corsini, M. Callieri – R. Scopigno, “High Quality PTM Acquisition: Reflection Transformation Imaging for Large Objects”. Eds. M. Ioannides, D. Arnold, F. Niccolucci – K. Mania VAST06: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Eurographics Digital Library (2006) 179-186.
  • Díaz-Guardamino et al. 2015 M. Díaz-Guardamino, L. G. Sanjuán – D. Wheatley, “RTI and the Study of Engraved Rock Art: A Re-Examination of the Iberian South-western Stelae of Setefilla and Almadén de la Plata 2 (Seville, Spain)”. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 2 (2015) 41-54.
  • Earl et al. 2010 G. Earl, K. Martinez – T. Malzbender, “Archaeological Applications of Polynomial Texture Mapping: Analysis, Conservation and Representation”. Journal of Archeological Science 37 (2010) 2040-2050.
  • Frood – Howley 2014 E. Frood – K. E. Howley, “Applications of Reflectance Transformation Im¬aging (RTI) in the Study of Temple Graffiti”. Eds. Elena Pischikova, Jula Budka – Kenneth Griffi Thebes in the First Millennium BC, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne (2014) 625-638.
  • Harmanşah – Öz 2018 Ö. Harmanşah – B. N Öz, Yalburt Yaylası Hitit Kutsal Pınar Havuzu Mimari Koruma ve Arkeolojik Alan Yönetimi Önerileri Raporu (report submitted to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey). 2018.
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  • Malzbender et al. 2001 T. Malzbender, D. Gelb – H. Wolters, “Polynomial Texture Maps”. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics 2001 (2001) 519-528.
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  • Selmo et al. 2017 D. Selmo, F. Sturt, J. Miles, P. Basford, T. Malzbender, K. Martinez, C. Thompson, G. Earl – G. Bevan, “Underwater Reflectance Transformation Imaging: A Technology for in Situ Underwater Cultural Heritage Object-Level Recording”. Journal of Electronic Imaging 26/1 (2017).
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  • Zaman et al. 2018 T. Zaman, D. Howell – L. Snijders, “Imaging Mexican Codices, Challenges and Opportunities”. Eds. M. E. R. G. N. Jansen, V. Lladó-Buisán and L. Snijders Mesoamerican Manuscripts: New Scientific Approaches and Interpre¬tations. Leiden (2018) 380-395.
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Publication Date June 30, 2020
Submission Date January 17, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 8

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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 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. June 2020;8:135-146. doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.202006
Chicago 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 (June 2020): 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 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, 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 2020), 135-146. https://doi.org/10.13113/CEDRUS.202006.
JAMA 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, 2020, pp. 135-46, doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.202006.
Vancouver 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;8:135-46.

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