Question

This culture supplanted a [emphasize] previous culture’s iconographic “Oculate Being,” depicted on textiles, with its so-called “Anthropomorphic Mythical Being.” Depictions of women wearing ankle-length mantles increased suddenly during this culture’s Phase 5, which was called “Transitional” for bridging the Monumental and Proliferous phases. Some of this culture’s “head jars” may have been made to replace the heads of decapitated people. This culture, which had an empty ceremonial center at Cahuachi, created a system of trenches and tunnels called puquios (“poo-KEE-ohs”) for transporting water. This culture was influenced by the earlier Paracas culture in creating many zoomorphic (10[1])geoglyphs. For 10 points, name this (10[1])Peruvian (10[1])culture that created images in the ground known as their namesake “lines.” ■END■

ANSWER: Nazca culture [or Nazca lines; prompt on Early Intermediate period]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jon SuhHarvard ABrown A9410
Michael SunBrandeis BMIT A10010
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ATufts A10110

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Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%94.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y1100%0%0%97.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y1100%0%0%101.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%98.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%96.25
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%105.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%95.50
UK2025-02-01Y1100%0%0%17.00