Epigrafi Araştırmalarında Yeni Bir Belgeleme ve Analiz Metodu Olarak RTI

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2, 1 - 16, 30.12.2016

Aykan Akçay

Öz

Günümüz teknolojisinin hızlı ilerleyişi sayısal görüntüleme metotlarına ivme kazandırmış ve kültürel miras araştırmalarına da yeni yaklaşımlar getirmiştir. Teknolojinin bilime sunduğu yeni belgeleme ve analiz metotları birçok disipline adapte edilerek araştırmaların detaylı ve hızlı bir biçimde yapılmasına imkan tanımaktadır. Burada sunulan çalışma son yıllarda kültürel miras araştırmalarında kullanılan Yansıtma Dönüşümlü Görüntüleme (Reflectance Transformation Imaging - RTI) metodunun epigrafi araştırmalarında yazıtların belgeleme ve analiz süreçlerine sunduğu yenilikleri incelemektedir. RTI, bir nesne yüzeyinin farklı açılardan aydınlatılmasıyla elde edilen görüntü verilerinden sentezlenen yansıtma değerlerini kullanarak nesne yüzeyinin mikro-topografyasını ortaya çıkaran sayısal bir fotoğraflama me-todudur. Özellikle tahribata uğramış arkeolojik eserlerin yüzey detaylarının belgelenmesinde ve yorum-lanmasında ya da yazıt taşıyıcısı yüzeyindeki aşınmış harflerin karakterize edilmesinde görsel algıyı artırarak analiz süreçlerine pozitif katkılar sunmaktadır. Çalışmada ‘tahribatsız’ belgelemeye ve çok yönlü analize imkan veren RTI metodunun teknik ardalanı ve çalışma prensipleri Phaselis epigrafi araş-tırmalarında yürütülen RTI çalışmalarından sunulan örnekler ışığında detaylı bir biçimde aktarılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

RTI , Kültürel Miras , Dijital Epigrafi , Phaselis , Belgeleme , Analiz

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