The re-appearance of Southern Levantine urbanism as well as settlement and social hierarchies during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1,950-1,550 BCE) stands as one of the great enigmas of archaeological research in the region. This phenomenon has predominantly been attributed to foreign invasions and changes in economic strategies among other factors. However, the role of the Southern Levant’s native subaltern population is largely overlooked in previous works. In this paper I intend to examine the how the lives of subalterns fit into the centralization of socio-economic power within urban regional centers in the Middle Bronze Age Southern Levant. I will approach this question through the lens of collective action theory and the use of mortuary remains.