TY  - BOOK
AU  - Terrell,John
TI  - Prehistory in the Pacific islands: a study of variation in language, customs, and human biology 
SN  - 0521306043
AV  - GN871 .T47 1986
U1  - 990 19
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Prehistoric peoples
KW  - Oceania
KW  - Languages
KW  - History
KW  - Anthropometry
KW  - Antiquities
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index
N2  - "How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognized a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians, and South-east Asians: peoples allegedly differing in physical appearance, temperament, achievements, and perhaps even intelligence. Terrell shows that such simple divisions do not fit the known facts and provide little more than a crude, static picture of human diversity."--Publisher description
ER  -