The Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities publishes articles by scholars worldwide on all aspects of prehistoric, ancient and classical East Asia and adjacent regions, including archaeology, art, and architecture; history and philosophy; literature and linguistics; and related fields.
The Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (BMFEA) was started in 1929 as a scientific journal by the then museum director Johan Gunnar Andersson, professor of East Asian archaeology. BMFEA publishes articles by scholars worldwide on all aspects of prehistoric, ancient and classical East Asia and adjacent regions, including archaeology, art, and architecture; history and philosophy; literature and linguistics; and related fields.
In november 2021 the National Museums of World Culture released the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities number 82: 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Yangshao Culture by Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960)
2021 marks one hundred years since Johan Gunnar Andersson and his Chinese colleagues excavated a Neolithic settlement site in a small village called Yangshao in Henan Province. The excavation marks a beginning of archaeological fieldwork in China, scholarly communication over Eurasia in the field of archaeology, and the creation of a public institution for the management and display of East Asian material and visual culture in Sweden: The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, now a part of National Museums of World Culture.
To commemorate the centenary of the discovery of the Yangshao culture, we are publishing an anniversary volume of the bulletin. You can download an abstract in Chinese and English here.
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That travellers, material goods, and innovations have moved over Eurasia along a network of roads and paths through history is visible in the archaeological material. Since the 19th century these historical networks are sometimes referred to as the Silk Roads, a term with its own history worth exploring, as is the question of what investments were needed before a traveller could set out along these roads.
These are the themes of Bulletin of the Museum of the Far Eastern Antiquities number 81, 2020 – listen to some of the authors here:
The Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities number 81 is available for donwload for free here (PDF).
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Contributions seriously engaging contemporary critical thought in the humanities and social sciences are especially welcome.
All contributions are peer-reviewed (double-blind). The BMFEA Editorial Advisory Board mainly consists of scholars based at European centers for Asia research.
The editor of BMFEA is Dr Helga Janse, curator, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm (National Museums of World Culture)
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BMFEA vols 1-75 have been scanned in cooperation between Google American universities. You can find them here.
Please note that some pages might have been lost in the digitzation process.
Vol. 76 is available as a digital copy here: BMFEA 76 (PDF).
Vol. 77 is available as a digital copy here: BMFEA 77 (PDF).
BMFEA 82: 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Yangshao Culture by Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960) was published in November 2021 and contains the following articles:
EVA MYRDAL. Editor’s Preface: 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Yangshao Culture by Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960)
JAN ROMGARD. From Geosciences to Prehistory: J.G. Andersson’s Researches in China 1914–1924
CHEN YANTANG AND CHEN XI. From Sima Qian to Johan Gunnar Andersson: The Internal Logic and External Drive of the Birth of Chinese Archaeology
ROWAN FLAD ET AL. Preliminary Site Prospection Along the Tao River 2011–2013: Testing the Chinese Register of Archaeological Sites
JADA KO. Remembering Qijiaping, Forgetting Qijiaping: Archaeological Experience as Shared Heritage
CHENGHAO WEN. Huangniangniangtai: A Qijia Gateway Community in the Hexi Corridor
GUO ZHIWEI ET AL. New Archaeological Discoveries at the Majiayao Site in Lintao County, Gansu Province
ANKE HEIN ET AL. Investigating Prehistoric Pottery from the Gansu–Qinghai Region (Northwest China): from Andersson’s First Excavations to Contemporary Research
OLE STILBORG AND ANKE HEIN. A Tale of Two Wares: An Unusual Type of Late Neolithic Vessels from Gansu Province, China
JENNIFER KEUTE ET AL. Insights into Ceramic Use in Prehistoric Northwest China Obtained from Residue Analysis: A Pilot Study on the Andersson Collection at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
LIMIN HUAN. Rethinking Provenance Studies of Painted Neolithic Pottery from Western China
BMFEA 81: Asia and Scandinavia – New perspectives on the Early Medieval Silk Roads was published in December 2020, and contains the following articles:
EVA MYRDAL. Editor’s Preface. Asia and Scandinavia: New perspectives on the Early Medieval Silk Roads
SUSAN WHITFIELD. The Expanding Silk Road: UNESCO and BRI
CHARLOTTE HEDENSTIERNA-JONSON. With Asia as neighbour: Archaeological evidence of contacts between Scandinavia and Central Asia in the Viking Age and the Tang Dynasty
EVA ANDERSSON STRAND. Travelling with textiles: Production, consumption, and trade in the Viking Age
TONG TAO. Ancient Silks from Western Tibet
ANNIKA LARSSON. Asian Silk in Scandinavian Viking Age Graves: Based on the boat- and chamber graves in the Eastern Mälar Valley
GUO WU. An overview of ancient amber artefacts excavated in China
JANKEN MYRDAL. Transmission of technology along the Silk Road: Theoretical reflections and three examples.
The Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities number 81 is available for donwload for free here (PDF).
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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