Folke Bergman


Folke Bergman was a Swedish explorer and archaeologist.

Biography

Hans Folke Bergman was born at Klara parish in Stockholm, Sweden.
He participated in the 1924–1926 excavations of Stora Torget in Visby. From 1929–1935, he participated in the Sino-Swedish Expedition as a member of the Sino-Swedish Northwest China Scientific Inspection Team led by Sven Hedin. He is best known for his discovery of the Xiaohe Tomb complex in Lop Nur, China during 1934. Another of his finds, the Juyan bamboo strips of the Han dynasty, :zh:居延漢簡, is known for its transportation from Beiping to Hong Kong, then to the USA, and finally to Taiwan, in a preservation effort during the Sino-Japanese war.

Literature

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, S. 71-144.
  • Folke Bergman: . Thule, Stockholm 1939.
  • Sven Hedin und Folke Bergman: History of an Expedition in Asia 1927–1935. Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm 1943.
  • Sven Hedin und Folke Bergman: History of an Expedition in Asia 1927–1935. , 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., 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. 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.
  • Folke Bergman: The Kansu-Hohsi Corridor and the Suloho-Ochinaho drainage regions. 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.
  • Alfried Wieczorek und Christoph Lind: Ursprünge der Seidenstraße. Sensationelle Neufunde aus Xinjiang, China. Ausstellungskatalog der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007.
  • Carter, T: Paper and block printing - from China to Europe., Seite 86. In: Crowley, D., Heyer, P., : Communication in history: technology, culture, society. Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2007.