Prehistory in the Pacific Islands; A Study of Variation in Language, Customs, and Human Biology
by Terrell, John
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0521369568
- ISBN 13
- 9780521369565
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [0-521-36956-8] 1988. (Small 4to paperback) 299pp. Very good. Notes, maps, graphs, diagrams, tables, photographs, illustrations, references, index. There is residue from a sticker at the bottom of the spine, the covers are lightly edgeworn and there is a previous owner's name on the first page. "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 recognised a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians and South-east Asians". Locale: Australasia; Pacific Islands; Polynesia; South-East Asia. (Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Customs, Human Ecology, Linguistics, Prehistory, Social Behavior).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152858
- Title
- Prehistory in the Pacific Islands; A Study of Variation in Language, Customs, and Human Biology
- Author
- Terrell, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0521369568
- ISBN 13
- 9780521369565
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- This edition first published
- 1988-05
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Customs, Human Ecology, Linguistics, Prehistory, Social Behavior
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences;
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