In this paper we highlight the potential of compositional characterisation (NAA) of Khmer stonewares for understanding regional economic development in the Angkorian Empire (c. 9 th −15 th c CE). A central feature of the Angkorian economy was the precocious development of sophisticated craft industries. Of the multiple crafts produced in this empire, stoneware production stands out for two reasons: empire transport networks closely articulated with the location of stoneware production complexes best known in central Angkor and on the Khorat plateau northwest of Angkor; and distribution/consumption patterns of Angkorian stoneware map directly onto the empire's geopolitical extent. As part of a larger geochemical provenancing project concerned with Khmer stoneware production and exchange, we present and discuss results for Cheung Ek, a southern Cambodian provincial complex for production of both stoneware and earthenware. The similarities (shared local resources) and differences in the organization of local production are striking between stoneware and earthenware production. Comparison with previously published Khmer stoneware kiln complexes confirms that each has a unique and readily identifiable geochemical profile. By establishing a geochemical baseline this work highlights the potential of stonewares for developing a deeper understanding of Khmer craft production and distribution dynamics in future comparisons between stoneware production, Khmer settlement and ritual contexts. This elemental baseline will also enable future evaluation of the potential discriminating power of other, field deployable but less sensitive non-destructive analytic techniques such as pXRF and pLIBS, particularly in relation to extending this work to checking production origins of complete Khmer stoneware vessels held in museum collections.

在本文中，我们重点介绍了高棉粗陶器的成分表征（NAA）对于理解Angkorian帝国（公元9年-15日）的区域经济发展的潜力。Angkorian经济的一个主要特征是成熟的手工业的过早发展。在这个帝国生产的多种工艺品中，stone器产品的突出表现有两个原因：帝国的运输网络与吴哥中部和吴哥西北部Khorat高原最著名的stone器生产基地的位置密切相关；Angkorian ware器的分布和消费模式直接映射到帝国的地缘政治范围。作为与高棉粗陶生产和交换有关的一个较大的地球化学出产项目的一部分，我们介绍并讨论了张E的成果，柬埔寨南部的一个省级建筑群，既生产陶器，又生产陶器。stone器和陶器生产之间的相似性（共享的本地资源）和本地生产组织的差异非常明显。与以前出版的高棉stone窑综合体的比较证实，它们各自具有独特且易于识别的地球化学特征。通过建立地球化学基线，这项工作突出了highlight器在进一步比较stone器生产，高棉定居点和仪式环境之间的关系时对高棉手工艺品生产和分配动态形成更深了解的潜力。这个基本的基准还将使将来能够评估其他潜在的辨别力，