Question
Depictions of the Moche culture’s fanged “Decapitator” god were first discovered in a monumental pyramid made of this material. For 10 points each:
[10m] The largest city of the pre-Columbian Americas, Chan Chan, was constructed from what type of dried mud brick with a Spanish-derived name?
ANSWER: adobe
[10e] Two notable adobe pyramids built by the Moche are the Huaca de la Luna and another named for this thing. Inti was the Incan god of this celestial object who was the subject of numerous ceremonies to aid in crop production.
ANSWER: sun [accept Huaca del Sol]
[10h] Adobe pyramids can be found at the ancient city of Cahuachi, a religious site of these successors to the Paracas culture. Max Uhle coined the name for the “trophy heads” ceremonially collected by these people.
ANSWER: Nazca [or Nasca]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
Data
| University of Delaware B | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princeton | Swarthmore B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Swarthmore A | Maryland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |