Ruth Sawtell Wallis (1895-1978) was an american physical anthropologist. She was known for her analysis of Azilian skeletal remains excavated in France, work in children's growth studies, and her ethnography of the Micmac Indians of eastern Canada.
After receiving a B.A. in English from Radcliffe in 1919, Wallis, influenced by E. A. Hooten's work in physical anthropology, decided to enroll in the anthropology graduate program at Radcliffe. Because of a Traveling Fellowship in Science from Radcliffe, Wallis was able to do research in France, Germany, and England (1923-25). Wallis excavated two Azilian graves at Montardit (Ariege) in the French Pyrenees, and discovered the first Azilian skeletons in France. Wallis was fired from her position as a physical anthropologist after she married because it was unthinkable to have two employed academics in one family during the Depression.
Detective bibliography
Too Many Bones (1943)
No Bones About It (1944)
Blood From A Stone (1945)
Cold Bed In The Clay (1947)
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Jim Benton said
at 12:47 pm on Jun 5, 2014
There is a fifth Wallis, FORGET MY FATE, (Dodd, Mead, 1950). One listing includes it, NO BONES ABOUT IT and COLD BED as being part of a series featuring Eric Lund.
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