… Evidence indicates that Tombs 1 and 3 were located at the highest point of the complex.101
It is probable that the individuals interred in the Umm el-Marra mortuary complex and/ or the …

… Given the disruption of earlier tombs, the new architectural styles indicated by Tomb 7, and
the restricted access manifested by the enclosure wall, the Umm elMarra mortuary complex …

… Umm el-Marra and argue that the mortuary complex … mortuary complex, I also attempt
a brief foray into its interpretation as the site of religious ritual. At about 25 hectares, Umm el-Marra …

… at Umm el-Marra, we aimed to consider the evidence for the appearance of complex society
at … Our results at Umm el-Marra have allowed us to proceed in alternative directions. On the …

… with the abandonment of Umm el-Marra's Early Bronze Age elite burial complex and the
rejection … While the sanctity of this mortuary complex is appropriated for use by Umm el-Marra's …

… /8, 215) of mortuary monuments includes the Umm el-Marra complex, the ‘royal’… mortuary
dataset from Umm el-Marra serves as a keystone for this analysis. The site’s mortuary complex …

… As the first stage of this project, excavations at Umm el-Marra, a major Bronze Age center
of the Jabbul, were conducted in 1994 and 1995. Deposits from Roman and Hellenistic …

… The mortuary complex at Umm el-Marra was not a static entity but changed through time.
New tombs were added adjacent to pre-existing tombs, expanding in a horizontal fashion, until …

… The conspicuous character of the Umm elMarra mortuary structure, aboveground and visible
to all, is paralleled by contemporaneous monumental tombs found east of Umm el-Marra in …

… In contrast to the Blite mortuary structures from the same period found recently at Banat, … ,
the Umm el-Marra tomb was not disturbed, allowing for unimpeded study of the mortuary ritual …