As opposed to other Early Bronze Age ship and boat models, this model was not found in a burial context.

However given that they are found in a burial context, even if they did have a mundane every day purpose, they could also have a deeper symbolic meaning.

At Namu, an important burial context has been recovered in the shell midden, dating circa 3400 BC.

In addition to the burial context, recent archaeological campaigns have uncovered various levels of a Gravettian habitat, identifying an excellent state of preservation and original spatial organization.

They are mostly discovered in settlement contexts, both in open-air sites and caves; burial contexts are much more rare.

Therefore, the vessels' burial context provides less clues about their functions and meanings.

In this period many glass objects, found in burial contexts, were made of opaque green, light green or milky white glass.

He provided detailed descriptions of burial contexts and, in turn, enhanced the understanding of mortuary practices.

Total burial contexts, i.e., the setting, artifacts, ecofacts, and human remains themselves, may provide evidence of religious beliefs about death and the afterworld.

Small copper rings, generally found in burial contexts, are also common to Ecuador and Western Mexico and are abundant during this phase.