This paper presents the results of an analysis of part of the ceramic assemblage found at the Pucara of Tilcara during Ambrosetti's and Debenedetti's excavations, that took place at the beginning of the twentieth century. The stylistic study of this pottery, found in the collections of two museums at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, allows a characterization the dynamics of the social and politic processes that encouraged the circulation of objects during late prehispanic times. The location of inca pieces that came from different provinces of Tawantinsuyu demonstrate different consumption patterns. The paper concludes that the use of special categories of goods was tied to the social and economic role that different human groups had at the Pucara.