"It appears to be hieroglyphic or ideographic in form. Human, animal and floral figurines are readily recognizable, multiple dashes probably represent numbers , while such objects as wheels, bows and arrows , and trees very likely represent themselves - it would seem that they are not phonetic symbols."
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Walter Fairservis
1921 – 1994
Walter Ashlin Fairservis Jr. (1921 – 1994) was an American archaeologist.
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