Geoffrey W Conrad
Biographic Data
| ID | 237996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey W Conrad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey W |
| FAMILY NAME | Conrad |
| SIGNATURE | CONRAD G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 231 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Preliminary notes on a newly discovered skull of the extinct monkey Antillothrix from Hispaniola and the origin of the Greater Antillean monkeys
Ideology and Pre-Colombian Civilizations
Ideology and pre-Columbian civilizations
"The role played by ideology in the evolution of civilizations is being energetically debated by archaeologists, but until now the theoretical debates have had little impact on the actual interpretation of field data from Mesoamerica or South America. Studies on pre-Columbian ideology have generally used historical, ethnohistorical, and iconographic data to look synchronically at specific ancient religions. Little progress has been made in applyi…
Religion and Empire
Religion and Empire
Religion and Empire
Religion and Empire
Imperialist Expansion in Peruvian Prehistory
The expansion of prehistoric empires has been an important feature in the development of civilizations throughout the world. Yet, archaeological research directed towards the study of imperial expansion and conquest of territory has rarely been attempted. Building on previous fieldwork, the program of investigation described in this paper is aimed at demonstrating the impact of imperialistic expansion on a foreign territory.The research forming t…
Reply to Paulsen and Isbell
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Cultural Materialism, Split Inheritance, and the Expansion of Ancient Peruvian Empires
Archaeological and ethnohistoric data on the Chimu and Inca empires, two prehistoric Peruvian states that shared a number of organizational features, are used to test the theory of cultural materialism. Materialist explanations of Inca expansionism are evaluated; they are shown to be unconvincing in the Inca case and inapplicable to the Chimu. An alternative model is proposed that emphasizes the role of a particular legal principle, split inherit…
Chiquitoy Viejo
Until recently most knowledge of Inca government was derived solely from Colonial Spanish chronicles, which contain only generalized, idealized accounts. Lately, however, investigations at several sites have begun to provide data that will ultimately permit a more detailed picture of the complexity and variability of Inca provincial administration.One provincial region for which some archaeological data are now available is the North Coast of Per…
Models of compromise in settlement pattern studies
The settlement patterns of complex societies require compromises among numerous determinants. In the case of the lower and middle Viru Valley, a provincial region of the Moche state of coastal Peru (a.D. 200–700), three of these considerations can be identified and ranked in order of increasing importance as follows: maximization of agricultural land, minimization of agricultural effort, and maintenance of sociopolitical control. This ranking is …
Ideology and pre-Columbian civilizations
"The role played by ideology in the evolution of civilizations is being energetically debated by archaeologists, but until now the theoretical debates have had little impact on the actual interpretation of field data from Mesoamerica or South America. Studies on pre-Columbian ideology have generally used historical, ethnohistorical, and iconographic data to look synchronically at specific ancient religions. Little progress has been made in applyi…
Religion and Empire
Cultural Materialism, Split Inheritance, and the Expansion of Ancient Peruvian Empires
Archaeological and ethnohistoric data on the Chimu and Inca empires, two prehistoric Peruvian states that shared a number of organizational features, are used to test the theory of cultural materialism. Materialist explanations of Inca expansionism are evaluated; they are shown to be unconvincing in the Inca case and inapplicable to the Chimu. An alternative model is proposed that emphasizes the role of a particular legal principle, split inherit…
Chiquitoy Viejo
Until recently most knowledge of Inca government was derived solely from Colonial Spanish chronicles, which contain only generalized, idealized accounts. Lately, however, investigations at several sites have begun to provide data that will ultimately permit a more detailed picture of the complexity and variability of Inca provincial administration.One provincial region for which some archaeological data are now available is the North Coast of Per…
Preliminary notes on a newly discovered skull of the extinct monkey Antillothrix from Hispaniola and the origin of the Greater Antillean monkeys
Models of compromise in settlement pattern studies
The settlement patterns of complex societies require compromises among numerous determinants. In the case of the lower and middle Viru Valley, a provincial region of the Moche state of coastal Peru (a.D. 200–700), three of these considerations can be identified and ranked in order of increasing importance as follows: maximization of agricultural land, minimization of agricultural effort, and maintenance of sociopolitical control. This ranking is …
Chiquitoy Viejo
Until recently most knowledge of Inca government was derived solely from Colonial Spanish chronicles, which contain only generalized, idealized accounts. Lately, however, investigations at several sites have begun to provide data that will ultimately permit a more detailed picture of the complexity and variability of Inca provincial administration.One provincial region for which some archaeological data are now available is the North Coast of Per…
Models of compromise in settlement pattern studies
The settlement patterns of complex societies require compromises among numerous determinants. In the case of the lower and middle Viru Valley, a provincial region of the Moche state of coastal Peru (a.D. 200–700), three of these considerations can be identified and ranked in order of increasing importance as follows: maximization of agricultural land, minimization of agricultural effort, and maintenance of sociopolitical control. This ranking is …
Reply to Paulsen and Isbell
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Cultural Materialism, Split Inheritance, and the Expansion of Ancient Peruvian Empires
Archaeological and ethnohistoric data on the Chimu and Inca empires, two prehistoric Peruvian states that shared a number of organizational features, are used to test the theory of cultural materialism. Materialist explanations of Inca expansionism are evaluated; they are shown to be unconvincing in the Inca case and inapplicable to the Chimu. An alternative model is proposed that emphasizes the role of a particular legal principle, split inherit…
Imperialist Expansion in Peruvian Prehistory
The expansion of prehistoric empires has been an important feature in the development of civilizations throughout the world. Yet, archaeological research directed towards the study of imperial expansion and conquest of territory has rarely been attempted. Building on previous fieldwork, the program of investigation described in this paper is aimed at demonstrating the impact of imperialistic expansion on a foreign territory.The research forming t…
Religion and Empire
Religion and Empire
Religion and Empire
Religion and Empire
Ideology and pre-Columbian civilizations
"The role played by ideology in the evolution of civilizations is being energetically debated by archaeologists, but until now the theoretical debates have had little impact on the actual interpretation of field data from Mesoamerica or South America. Studies on pre-Columbian ideology have generally used historical, ethnohistorical, and iconographic data to look synchronically at specific ancient religions. Little progress has been made in applyi…
Ideology and Pre-Colombian Civilizations
Preliminary notes on a newly discovered skull of the extinct monkey Antillothrix from Hispaniola and the origin of the Greater Antillean monkeys
History (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Empire (6 works) · Latin American history and culture (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Expansionism (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Geography (4 works)