Walter Fairservis

Walter Ashlin Fairservis Jr. (1921 – 1994) was an American archaeologist.

Portrait of Walter Fairservis

Biograph

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1921. His mother, Edith Yeager, was an actress. His wife, Jano, was an artist and illustrator. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology from Columbia University and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He died in Sharon, Connecticut in 1994.

Works

Some of his notable books are:

• Before the Buddha Came
• The Roots of Ancient India
• Cave Paintings of the Great Hunters
• The Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile and the Doomed Monuments of Nubia
• The Archeology of the Southern Gobi-Mongolia
• The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing: A Model for the Decipherment of the Indus Script
• The Threshold of Civilization: An Experiment in Prehistory
• The Origins of Oriental Civilization
• Asia: Traditions and Treasures

External links

"Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. papers". Hollis Archival Collection, ID: 2004.35. Cambridge, MA, US: Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard Library. OCLC 961836414.