Question
Answer the following about discs from ancient Europe, for 10 points each.
[10e] The Phaistos (“FESS-toss”) disc from this civilization features 45 distinct glyphs in an undeciphered script. This civilization, centered on Crete, used the Linear A script to write its language.
ANSWER: Minoan civilization [accept Keftiu]
[10m] Spiral discs made of bronze wire were interred with cremated remains in a burial discovered at this site in 2023. This Austrian town is the type-site of a culture that broadly succeeded the Urnfield and preceded the La Tène (“la ten”).
ANSWER: Hallstatt [accept Hallstatt culture]
[10h] A Bronze Age disc found at Nebra in Germany, originating from the Únětice (“OON-yeh-tit-seh”) culture, has been called the oldest known concrete depiction of these phenomena. A general description is acceptable.
ANSWER: astronomical phenomena [accept sky; accept Sun; accept Moon; accept stars; accept Pleiades; accept clear equivalents such as celestial bodies; accept Nebra sky disc]
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Summary
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 0% | 17% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 78% | 33% | 44% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| NYU A | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| George Washington A | Haverford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| John Jay College | Columbia C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Johns Hopkins A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU B | George Washington B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Haverford A | Penn B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers A | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B | Vassar A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |