Corporate Descent Groups (Other Keyword)
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From La Villa to Pueblo Grande: Corporate Descent Groups and Property Rights Along Canal System 2 (2015)
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Most studies of the organization of Canal System 2 have taken a "top-down" approach and focused on the degree to which a centralized management structure was required to operate and maintain the canal system. In this paper, we take a "bottom-up" approach and focus on the interests and concerns of the irrigators themselves. Architectural data from several pre-Classic sites along the canal system are examined in an attempt to reconstruct the organizational strategies of multi-household, corporate...