This study investigates the organization of production for Inka Polychrome pottery used at the Temple of the Sun, Pachacamac. Inka Polychrome pottery was critical to imperial strategies for managing state power in the provinces. It was highly standardized in appearance yet is known to have been produced at many locations throughout the empire by Inka and subject potters. Pachacamac was an important political and ideological location on the central coast that was transformed by the Inka after C.E. 1470 into a major imperial center. To evaluate the production and source of pottery at Pachacamac, a sample of 149 ceramics in local, Inka Polychrome, and Regional Inka styles were evaluated using neutron activation analysis to identify compositional groups. Attributes related to the production and decoration of these ceramic artifacts were recorded and statistically compared between groups. Compositional data from this analysis was also compared to compositional data from ceramics excavated from other South American sites and analyzed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Results found that multiple groups of potters at multiple places (some of which are local) produced this pottery, and small amounts of pottery are being imported.

这项研究调查了Pachacamac太阳神庙中使用的印加彩陶的生产组织。印加彩陶对于管理各省国家权力的帝国战略至关重要。它的外观高度标准化，但众所周知，在整个帝国的许多地方，印加人和陶艺家都生产过这种产品。帕恰卡马克（Pachacamac）是中央海岸的重要政治和意识形态所在地，公元1470年后印加（Inka）将其转变为主要的帝国中心。为了评估Pachacamac陶器的生产和来源，使用中子活化分析评估了149种本地，Inka彩色和区域Inka风格的陶瓷样品，以确定成分组。记录与这些陶瓷人工制品的生产和装饰有关的属性，并在各组之间进行统计比较。该分析的成分数据也与其他南美站点出土的陶瓷成分数据进行了比较，并在劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室进行了分析。结果发现，在多个地方（其中一些是本地的）中的多组陶器生产了这种陶器，并且正在进口少量陶器。