Map of the Lop Nor region by Folke Bergman 1935

Folke Bergman (29 August 1902 — 22 May 1946) was a

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explorer and archaeologist.

Biography

Hans Folke Bergman was born at Klara parish in

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. He participated in the 1924–1926 excavations of Stora Torget in

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. 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 Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO,Wennerholm, Eric (1978) ''Sven Hedin – En biografi'', Bonniers, Stockholm (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator ...

(1865-1952). He is best known for his discovery of the

Xiaohe Tomb complex The Xiaohe Cemetery (), literally "Little River Cemetery" and also known as Ördek’s Necropolis, is a Bronze Age site located in the west of Lop Nur, in Xinjiang, Western China. It contains about 330 tombs, about 160 of which were looted by ...

Lop Nur Lop Nur or Lop Nor (from a Mongolian name meaning "Lop Lake", where "Lop" is a toponym of unknown origin) is a former salt lake, now largely dried up, located in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts ...

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during 1934. Another of his finds, the Juyan bamboo strips of the Han dynasty, :zh:居延漢簡 (Inner Mongolia, 1930), 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 (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''

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. (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. (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.

References

External links

Folke Bergman, Digital Silk Road Project, Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergman, Folke Swedish explorers Swedish archaeologists 1902 births 1946 deaths 20th-century archaeologists