Vessel may be related to other whole or partially whole vessels which were found in Area B sitting upright on silty layers or on the bedrock. Their function is still unclear.
Olla originally excavated before the excavation of surrounding SU 1158 for the purposes of preserving the fragments for residue analysis, just in case they were determined to be in a primary or secondary depositional context. Upon removal of the fragments, we can see that although the vessel shape has been largely preserved, the various angles of the separate pieces suggest that they were disturbed and are probably in a tertiary depositional context; definition and excavation of SU 1158 should clarify this.