… the elite has also been stressed in those cases (McAnany 1995; Salomon 1995). Bearing in
… the Umm el-Marra tomb occupants, we may note that women can be numbered among elite …

… the Banat tomb and the eyes in the Umm el-Marra tomb may be remnants of an elite version
of … Such a connection is also suggested by the similarity of the small step trench of Tomb 4 to …

… Syrian Euphrates, the Umm el-Marra tomb was not disturbed, allowing for unimpeded study
of the mortuary ritual involved. It is unclear, at present, why the tomb remained inviolate, par…

… Umm el-Marra and argue that the mortuary complex at the site can be understood as a
materialization of elite … therefore, that elite power was not monolithic at Umm el-Marra but could be …

… the elites of Umm el-Marra inscribed their ideology on the landscape of the … of elite ancestor
veneration implied by the intramural aboveground tomb complexes at Umm el-Marra and …

… Umm el-Marra serves as a keystone for this analysis. The site’s mortuary complex is exceptional
in its scale, the relatively long sequence of tombs, … to analysis of tomb characteristics. …

… and types that were recovered from Umm el-Marra’s elite burial complex. Animals were
also … In this paper, I first present the equid installations found within the Umm el-Marra burial …

… Since the Umm el-Marra tombs yielded evidence of continued use over a period of centuries,
this longevity permitted a consideration of the role of ancestors and social memory in the …

… to the tombs excavated in Umm el-Marra's mortuary complex. … elites interred in Umm el-Marra's
EB IV mortuary complex. … elite ancestors of Umm el-Marra's Middle Bronze Age elites. The …

… It is notable that the tomb robbers at Umm elMarra managed to do their work in a central, …
While the Early Bronze elites of Umm elMarra inscribed their ideology on the landscape by …