27. araştırma sonuçları toplantısı 3. cilt - Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı

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Architectural Block Recording and Removal
The process of recording and moving blocks continued for a second
season, the work concentrating, as it had in 2007, on the northwest quadrant
of the temple mound. The procedure developed last season was refined:
Three teams of two draftsmen were formed, with one person on each team
measuring, the second person drawing. Each block was drawn at a 1:10 scale.
At least one side of blocks that required the crane to turn was drawn and
photographed prior to removal from the mound; the block was then placed
in the block field with the processed side facing the ground. Space was left
around each block, and the remaining sides were photographed; drawing of
these sides also continued as time permitted. In addition to the block field
begun last year, two additional fields were initiated.
Prof. Michael Hoff, Dept. of Art & Art History, University of Nebraska,
120 Richards Hall,
Lincoln, NE 68588-0114, USA
Prior to its removal, each block was photographed and surveyed in situ by
means of a Total Station to record its location in order to help determine its
original position on the building and to aid in understanding the reasons for
and circumstances of the building’s collapse.
The same truck-mounted crane with telescoping boom rated for heavy lifting
that had been employed in 2007 was used again in 2008. More importantly, the
crane operator, Orhan Gağlar, returned as well; his experience and expertise
greatly facilitated work. Many of the blocks moved this season had lain
below those removed in 2007; therefore, most of them were at least partially
buried in earth and often required extensive clearing of the fill around them
before they could be lifted. Heavy fabric cables were snaked underneath each
block, and thick carpet and wood pieces were inserted between the straps
and the blocks to protect the edges and particularly projecting elements such
as moldings (Fig. 1). Once transported to the field, each block was carefully
arranged on wood skids, thus providing a slight gap between ground and