Zapotec civilization - 2026 ACF Nationals

Packet 10: Tossup 13

Ground-penetrating radar used to analyze three of this civilization’s structures that were present during its Pe and Nisa phases may provide evidence for a “major renovation.” Scholars such as Berger question a traditional interpretation of figures from this civilization’s site of Dainzú (“dah-in-ZOO”), suggesting instead that they depict warriors. The golaba, bigaña and coqui (“KO-kee”) were officials in this civilization, whose site of Lambityeco (“lam-bee-tee-ECK-oh”) is home to depictions of its chief (10[1])lightning god. “Building J” is located at this civilization’s (10[1]-5[1])most prominent site, which supplanted San José Mogote (“mo-GO-tay”) and is home to many stone reliefs depicting figures with mutilated genitalia (10[1])that have (10[1])erroneously been dubbed “dancers” (10[1])or danzantes (10[1]-5[2])(“dan-ZAN-tays”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this Mesoamerican civilization of the Oaxaca (10[1])(“wa-HA-ka”) valley, (10[2])whose (10[1])major (-5[1])sites (10[1])included (-5[1])Monte Albán. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[8])

ANSWER: Zapotec civilization [or Be’ena’a] (The traditional interpretation is that the Dainzú figures depict ballgame players.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Vivian Malouf	UC Berkeley A	Virginia Tech	68	10
Rohan Ganeshan	Harvard	NYU A	77	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	British Columbia	77	-5
Anurag Sodhi	MIT	Vanderbilt	97	10
Allan Lee	Stanford A	Columbia A	99	10
Kunaal Chandrashekar	Toronto A	Maryland A	103	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin	Rutgers	105	10
Akshar Goyal	Illinois A	Texas	105	-5
Jacob Puthipiroj	Northwestern A	Chicago A	105	-5
Jaskaran Singh	UCLA	Cambridge	108	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	WashU	115	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU B	Georgia Tech B	116	10
Olin Bose	Columbia B	Stanford B	116	10
William Houston	Chicago B	UCF	117	10
Jeffery Austin	North Carolina	Purdue	118	-5
Jakob Myers	Indiana	UC Berkeley B	119	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Ohio State	120	-5
Joel Miles	Minnesota	Pittsburgh	122	10
Alex Thomas	Georgia Tech A	Michigan	123	0
Todd Maslyk	Michigan	Georgia Tech A	123	0
Bryce Cruise	Texas	Illinois A	123	10
Cole Hartung	Georgetown	Illinois B	123	0
Kevin Yang	Illinois B	Georgetown	123	0
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State	Johns Hopkins	123	10
August Vanskike	Maryland B	Cornell	123	0
Jacky Xu	Cornell	Maryland B	123	0
Claire Jones	Chicago A	Northwestern A	123	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore	Brown	123	0
Megan Wang	Brown	Swarthmore	123	10
Matthew Wang	British Columbia	Toronto B	123	10
Elle Lee	Virginia	Penn State	123	0
Mitch McCullar	Penn State	Virginia	123	10
Ved Muthusamy	Northwestern B	Waterloo	123	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Main Site	2026-04-17	✓	24	83%	21%	111.15