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Prehistoric Principles of Labor Organization in the Moche Valley, Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

M. Edward Moseley
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Abstract

Prehistoric construction projects in the Moche Valley required the mobilization and coordination of very large numbers of individuals. It is thought that workers were mobilized by means of labor tax obligations, and large projects were subdivided into repetitive tasks executed by distinct parties of workmen drawn from separate communities.

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American Antiquity , Volume 40 , Issue 2Part1 , April 1975 , pp. 191 - 196
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1975

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