Walter Fairservis

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Walter Fairservis

Anthropology

#1051

World Rank

#1405

Historical Rank

#520

USA Rank

Archeology

#158

World Rank

#257

Historical Rank

#40

USA Rank

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PhD Anthropology Columbia University
Masters Anthropology Columbia University
Bachelors Anthropology Columbia University

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According to Wikipedia, Walter Ashlin Fairservis was an American archaeologist. Early life 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.

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Walter Fairservis's Published Works

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The roots of ancient India (1971) (72)
South Asian Archaeology . Edited by Norman Hammond. Park Ridge: Noyes Press, 1973. xii, 308 pp. Illustrations, Index. $20.00. (1975) (66)
South Asian Archaeology 1973 (1976) (44)
Charsada: A Metropolis of the North-West Frontier (1963) (44)
Excavations in the Quetta Valley, west Pakistan (1956) (36)
The Threshold of Civilization (1976) (31)
The origin, character, and decline of an early civilization. American Museum novitates ; no. 2302 (1967) (29)
Preliminary Report on the First Two Seasons at Hierakonpolis: Part I (1971) (25)
Preliminary Report on the First Two Seasons at Hierakonpolis: Part I (1971) (25)
The Script of the Indus Valley Civilization (1983) (24)
Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, Vol. 2: Collections in Pakistan (1993) (24)
Archaeological thought in America: An epigenetic view of the Harappan culture (1989) (20)
The Harappan Civilization New Evidence and More Theory BY (13)
Harappan Civilization and Oriyo Timbo (1990) (12)
Archeological studies in the Seistan Basin of southwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran (1961) (12)
Preliminary report on the prehistoric archaeology of the Afghan-Baluchi areas. American Museum novitates ; no. 1587 (1952) (12)
Chalcolithic Navdatoli : the excavations at Navdatoli, 1957-59 (1974) (8)
The ancient kingdoms of the Nile and the doomed monuments of Nubia (1963) (8)
Archeological surveys in the Zhob and Loralai districts, West Pakistan (1962) (7)
The Harappan civilization : new evidence and more theory. American Museum novitates ; no. 2055 (1961) (7)
Archaeological surveys in the Zhob and Loralai districts, West Pakistan. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 47, pt. 2 (1959) (7)
The Threshold of Civilization: An Experiment in Prehistory (1975) (6)
A Revised View of the Naʿrmr Palette (1991) (5)
Excavations at the Harappan Site of Allahdino. The Graffiti: A Model in the Decipherment of the Harappan Script (1979) (5)
Excavations at Langhnaj: 1944‐63. Part I: Archaeology: HASMUKH DHIBAJLAL SANKALIA. Excavations at Langhnaj: 1944‐63. Part II: The Fauna: JULIET CLIJTTON‐BROCK. Excavations at Langhnaj: 194463. Part III: The Human Remains SOPHIE EHRHARDT and KENNETH A. R. KENNEDY (1967) (4)
Kulli: An Exploration of an Ancient Civilization in South Asia . By Gregory L. Possehl. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1986. xiv, 168 pp. Figures, Plates, Notes, Tables, Bibliography. $29.75. (1987) (3)
The origins of oriental civilization (1959) (2)
Archaeological studies in the Seistan Basin of southwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 48, pt. 1 (1961) (2)
Studies in prehistory (1966) (2)
Excavations in the Quetta Valley, west Pakistan. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 45, pt. 2 (1956) (2)
Costumes of the East (1971) (2)
ARCHEOLOGY: Neolithic Cattle-Keepers of South India: A Study of the Deccan Ashmounds. F. R. Allchin (1964) (2)
Pre‐ and Proto‐history of the Berach Basin, South Rajasthan. Virendra Nath Misra (1968) (2)
Future Archaeological Research in Afghanistan (1953) (1)
9. Central Asia and the Rgveda: The archaeological evidence (1995) (1)
Preliminary Report on the First Two Seasons at Hierakonpolis PART V Summation and Conclusions (1971) (1)
Archaeology: The Copper Bronze Age in India. D. P. AGRAWAL. Foreword by George F. Dales (1973) (1)
Archaeology: The Archaeology of Afghanistan from Earliest Times to the Timurid Period. F. R. Allchin and N. Hammond (1980) (0)
Lost Land Emerging. Walter B. Emery. Scribner, New York, 1967. 350 pp., illus. $7.95 (1967) (0)
ARCHEOLOGY: The Stone Age Cultures of Orissa. Gopal Chandra Mohapatra (1964) (0)
ARCHEOLOGY: Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan. H. D. Sankalia. Foreword by R. V. Sathe (1964) (0)
Asia, traditions and treasures (1981) (0)
G. L. Possehl's and M. H. Raval's Harappan Civilization and RojdiHarappan Civilization and Rojdi (1991) (0)
The Prehistory of China: An Archeological Exploration (1972) (0)
Empires in the Dust. Robert Silverberg. Chilton Books, Philadelphia and New York, 1963. vii + 247 pp., 8 pls. $4.95. (1965) (0)
DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: PROBLEMS IN THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF INDIA AND CHINA* (1961) (0)
The North‐West Frontier of West Pakistan: A Study in Regional Geography. David Dichter (1968) (0)
SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFGHANISTAN* (1950) (0)
Indian Archaeology Today. H. D. Sankalia (1963) (0)
ARCHEOLOGY: The Birth of Indian Civilization: India and Pakistan before 500 B.C. Bridget and Raymond Allchin (1970) (0)
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One Hundred Years of Archaeology (in India). Produced by the Government of India, directed by Mr. Ezra-Mir, 1962. 16 mm., black-and-white, optical sound, running time 18 minutes (1965) (0)
ARCHEOLOGY: An Introduction to Archaeology. Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia (1967) (0)
The ancient kingdoms of the nite, and the doomed monuments of Nubea / Walter A. Fairservis (1962) (0)
Problems in the origins of the civilizations of India and China. (1961) (0)

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