Norte Chico civilization - 2024 ACF Regionals

Question

Structures built by this civilization shared many commonalities with ritual centers built in the contemporary Kotosh religious tradition style. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this ancient civilization in modern-day Peru, the oldest-known civilization in the Americas. The MFAC theory regarding the beginning of this civilization has been heavily undermined by further excavation.

ANSWER: Norte Chico civilization [or the CaralSupe civilization]

[10e] Norte Chico’s earliest city, Caral, is one of the earliest known sites to produce this crop. Bean, squash, and this crop make up the “three sisters” of early Native American agriculture.

ANSWER: corn [or maize]

[10h] The original “Maritime Foundations” theory was developed after the excavation o this site at the mouth of the Supe River that likely provided fish to Caral from the nearby ocean. This place is the type site of the Norte Chico.

ANSWER: Aspero

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	10	11.00	90%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Binghamton	RIT B	0	10	0	10
UNC C (UG)	GWU B (Grad)	0	10	0	10
UNC A (Grad)	JMU A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Liberty A (Grad)	JMU B (UG)	0	10	0	10
GWU A (UG)	Liberty C (DII)	0	0	0	0
Maryland A (Grad)	Duke A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Maryland B (UG)	Liberty B (DII)	0	10	0	10
UNC D (DII)	Maryland C (DII)	10	10	0	20
UNC B (UG)	Virginia B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Virginia C (UG)	Roanoke College A (DII)	0	10	0	10
William & Mary A (UG)	Virginia A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Minnesota C	Iowa State	0	0	0	0
Arizona State	Minnesota B	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Cedarville	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Kenyon	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Columbia C	10	10	0	20
John Jay	Haverford	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
Penn	Rowan	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Vassar	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Bristol	10	10	0	20
Durham B	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh	Kiel	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
KCL	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Sheffield	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
South Carolina	Alabama	0	10	0	10
MTSU	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee	Harding	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Boston University	Dartmouth B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis B	Brown A	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Yale B	10	10	0	20