Jōmon period - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Comma-shaped jewelry known as magatama were first created during this period. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this period during which many goggle-eyed dogū were made. This period’s pottery is characterized by ropes being pressed into wet clay to create decorative patterns.

ANSWER: Jōmon period [or Jōmon jidai]

[10m] A 2013 study from the Journal of Human Genetics identified several alleles in these people descended from the Jōmon as typically found in South Asian people. A Jōmon boar sacrifice ritual may be the ancestor of these people’s iomante.

ANSWER: Ainu [or Utari]

[10e] Most dogū are made of this material, which has inspired many contemporary Japanese artists to work with it. This material names an “army” that was found in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

ANSWER: terracotta [accept earthenware; accept terracotta army; prompt on clay or ceramics]

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Florida	Main	Y	13	16.15	100%	46%	15%
North	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	50%	40%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	64%	46%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	17.14	100%	29%	43%

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Queen's A	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
McGill A	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto A	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	Ottawa	10	0	10	20
Western Ontario	Toronto E	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
Toronto H	Carleton	0	10	10	20
McGill C	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
McGill B	Toronto K	0	10	10	20
Waterloo	Guelph B	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	McMaster B	10	0	10	20
George Washington B	Maryland C	0	0	10	10
Penn A	George Mason A	0	0	10	10
Catholic University	George Washington A	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Georgetown B	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Notre Dame E	10	10	10	30
Georgetown A	Penn B	10	10	10	30
UMBC A	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	10	10
VCU A	George Mason B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins B	Maryland D	0	10	10	20
SIUE	Missouri A	0	10	10	20
Truman State	WashU B	0	10	10	20
William Woods	WashU D	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Louisville B	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Illinois C	0	0	10	10
UIC	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	Chicago B	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
MIT B	BU	10	10	10	30
Bowdoin B	BC B	0	0	10	10
Brown C	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	0	10	10
Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	10	30
Cornell-UG	Dartmouth	0	10	10	20
Brown A	Harvard	10	10	10	30
MIT A	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Tufts A	0	0	10	10
Williams	Yale A	0	0	10	10
Yale B	BC A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
Ohio	Arizona State B	0	0	10	10
Northwestern C	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Texas A	0	0	10	10
Texas B	McGill D	0	0	10	10
UTD B	Tulsa	0	0	10	10
Northwestern B	UCO	0	0	10	10
UTD A	Iowa	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Huntsville A	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10
Imperial B	Bristol B	0	0	10	10
Sheffield B	City St George's A	10	0	10	20
Imperial C	Durham B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Birmingham A	10	10	10	30
LSE A	Edinburgh A	10	10	10	30
Lancaster A	Cambridge C	0	0	10	10
Manchester B	LSE B	0	0	10	10
Oxford A	Manchester A	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Durham A	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Sheffield C	0	0	10	10
Southampton B	Cambridge D	0	0	10	10
Sheffield A	Warwick A	10	10	10	30
Warwick B	Bristol A	0	0	10	10