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Drystone vs. mortar masonry is a choice, for the record. Drystone is either less labor intensive (being literal stones stacked together), or much more labor intensive (being stones precisely worked to fit together). Some Greek architecture, for example, is drystone of the latter sort
Mortared masonry is cheap, quick, and easy - just how the Romans liked it.