Proto-Indo-Europeans - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

Marija Gimbutas popularized the most widely accepted hypothesis of the origin of these people, who are typically associated with the Yamnaya archeological culture. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these ancient people whose geographical origins are disputed by the Anatolian hypothesis and the Kurgan hypothesis, which posits a steppe homeland.

ANSWER: Proto-Indo-Europeans [or PIEs; prompt on Indo-Europeans]

[10e] David W. Anthony identified this technology as a key factor in the spread of Indo-European peoples. This invention, which was also used to create pottery, allowed for the creation of mobile carts and vehicles.

ANSWER: wheels [or wheel and axle; accept pottery wheel; accept The Horse, the Wheel, and Language]

[10h] Many scholars argue that evidence for the Proto-Indo-European migrations can also be found in this pre- and early-Bronze age European archaeological culture, which is named for impressions left on its characteristic pottery.

ANSWER: Corded Ware culture

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	8	15.00	88%	63%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	11.43	86%	14%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	10	17.00	90%	50%	30%

Data


Berkeley B	stanford M	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Stanford L	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Yale B	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Williams A	10	10	0	20
Bowdoin A	A Brandeis Supreme	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	Brandeises Brew	10	10	0	20
Tufts B	Brown A	10	10	0	20
Harvard A	MIT	10	10	0	20
Northeastern A	Carabrandeis	0	0	0	0
Yale C	Yale A	0	10	0	10
Tennesse A	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Emory B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech F	Auburn C	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Tusculum A	Tennesse B	0	10	0	10
Penn State A	Bard A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Penn B	0	10	0	10
Rowan A	Penn State B	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Penn A	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Miami	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
UChicago C	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Purdue D	UIUC A	0	10	0	10
UChicago A	UIUC D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	0	10	0	10
WashU C	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
WashU D	UIUC B	0	10	0	10
Kenyon A	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Kenyon B	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Michigan State A	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan State C	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
Pitt A	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Arkansas	Missouri	0	10	0	10
Oregon State	Central Oklahoma	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State	Colorado College	0	10	0	10
Iowa	Ole Miss	0	10	0	10
Vassar B	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Texas B	10	10	0	20
Texas C	WUSTL A	0	10	0	10
Vassar A	Texas D	0	10	0	10
SFU	UBC A	10	10	10	30
UBC B	UW B	0	10	0	10
Alberta	UW A	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech A	UF A	0	10	0	10
Florida State University A	UF E	0	10	0	10
UF F	UF B	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Bristol B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Manchester	10	10	10	30
Southampton B	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge C	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
LSE A	Warwick B	10	10	10	30
Birmingham	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Cambridge D	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt	Bristol A	0	0	0	0
Durham B	Warwick A	10	10	0	20