Folke Bergman
Encyclopedia
Folke Bergman was a Swedish
explorer and archaeologist. He is best known for his discovery of the Xiaohe Tomb complex
in Lop Nur
, China in 1934.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
explorer and archaeologist. He is best known for his discovery of the Xiaohe Tomb complex
Xiaohe Tomb complex
The Xiaohe 'Little River' Tomb complex refers to a bronze-age burial site located in Lop Nur, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of western China. It is an oblong sand dune, from which more than 30 well-preserved mummies, buried in air-tight ox-hide bags, have been excavated...
in Lop Nur
Lop Nur
Lop Lake or Lop Nur is a group of small, now seasonal salt lake sand marshes between the Taklamakan and Kuruktag deserts in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.The lake system into which the Tarim...
, China in 1934.
Primary
- Folke Bergman: Archäologische Funde. In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1935, Gotha 1935, Seiten 292-293.
- Folke Bergman: Lou-Lan Wood-Carvings and Small Finds Discovered by Sven Hedin. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 7 (1935), S. 71-144.
- Folke Bergman: Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang. Especially in the Lop-Nor Region. (Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the Northwestern Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin / Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China: Publication 7). Thule, Stockholm 1939 (englisch; das grundlegende Werk über die damaligen archäologischen Funde in der Wüste Lop Nor mit wichtigem Kartenmaterial; dieses Werk wurde erst um das Jahr 2000 in die chinesische Sprache übersetzt und ist dann für die chinesische Archäologie in Xinjiang bedeutsam geworden).
- Sven Hedin und Folke Bergman: History of an Expedition in Asia 1927–1935. Reports: Publication 24 - 4 : Part II 1928 - 1933 Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm 1943.
- Sven Hedin und Folke Bergman: History of an Expedition in Asia 1927–1935. Reports: Publication 25: Part III 1933-1935, Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm 1944.
- Folke Bergman: Travels and Archaeological Field-work in Mongolia and Sinkiang: a Diary of the Years 1927-1934. In: Sven Hedin und Folke Bergman: History of an Expedition in Asia 1927–1935. Part IV: 1933–1935. General reports, travels and field-work. (Reports: Publication 26.), Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm 1945.
- Johannes Maringer und Folke Bergman: Contribution to the prehistory of Mongolia : A study of the prehistoric collections from inner Mongolia. (Reports: Publication 34 = 7, 7.) Thule, Stockholm 1950.
- Bo Sommarström: Archaeological researches in the Edsen-gol region, Inner Mongolia. Together with the catalogue prepared by Folke Bergman. Statens Etnografisk Museum, Stockholm 1956–1958. 2 Bde. (Reports … Publication 39. VII, 8–9.)
- Folke Bergman: The Kansu-Hohsi Corridor and the Suloho-Ochinaho drainage regions. (Reports: Publication 50 : 1, Geography ; 4, Sven Hedin Central Asia atlas : memoir on maps ; Vol. 3, Fasc. 3) Etnografiska Museet, The Sven Hedin Foundation, Stockholm 1980.
Secondary
- Hedin, Sven: Central Asia atlas, Stockholm, Statens etnografiska museum, Stockholm 1966. In diesem Atlas sind die Reiserouten der Expeditionsteilnehmer eingetragen. Siehe dazu: Hedin, Sven: Zum Zentralasien-Atlas und Haack, Hermann: Sven Hedins Zentralasien-Atlas. In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen, 87. Jahrgang 1941, Seite 1 bis 7, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha.
- V. H. Mair: The rediscovery and complete excavation of Ördek's Necropolis. In: Journal of Indo-European Studies 34, 2006, Heft 3/4, S. 273–318 (Grundlegender Grabungsbericht in englischer Sprache).
- Alfried Wieczorek und Christoph Lind: Ursprünge der Seidenstraße. Sensationelle Neufunde aus Xinjiang, China. Ausstellungskatalog der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 380622160X (Neue Funde auf den Grabungsstätten von Folke Bergman.)
- Carter, T: Paper and block printing - from China to Europe., Seite 86. In: Crowley, D., Heyer, P., (Hrsg.): Communication in history: technology, culture, society. Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2007.
External links
- 'Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang: Vol. 1,', Folke Bergman, Digital Silk Road Project, Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books