Background
Conrad, Geoffrey Wentworth was born on December 24, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Austin and Ruth Wentworth (Cadieux) Conrad.
(Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative stud...)
Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires. By examining the causes of the formation and expansion of these two empires, the authors identify similar patterns and processes underlying their rise and decline. They demonstrate that in both examples among the critical elements in the transition from marginal people to imperial power to disintegrating society were changes in traditional religion, including the elaboration of Aztec human sacrifice and Inca worship of the corpses of their kings. The authors show that the complex interaction between such ideological shifts and political and economic factors generated the spectacular historical trajectories of these Pre-Colombian empires.
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Conrad, Geoffrey Wentworth was born on December 24, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Austin and Ruth Wentworth (Cadieux) Conrad.
AB, Harvard University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1974.
Curatorial assistant, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1974-1975; assistant professor and assistant curator, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1981; associate professor and associate curator, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1983; director William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1983; associate professor anthropology, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1983-1991; professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1991; chair, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1991-1995. Consultant National Geography Society, Washington, 1982-1983.
(Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative stud...)
Board of directors Monroe County History Society, Bloomington, 1989-1992. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Archaeol. Institute American (president Center Indiana chapter 1989-1991,academic trustee 1994-1997), Society American Archaeology, Association for Field Archaeology, American Association Museum, Midwest Museum Conference, Association College and University Mus.and Galleries (Midwest representative 1990-1991).
Married Karen Ann Hildebrant, June 12, 1971. Children: Matthew, Peter, Marc.