Round 3: Tossup 5

A theory about an invasion of this culture from the north is supported by the distribution of coarse pottery called “Barbarian Ware.” Examples of this culture’s script can be found on stirrup jars as well as palm-leaf-shaped tablets. (10[1])The Dendra panoply contains remnants of one of this culture’s boar-tusk helmets. A scene of three warriors fighting is depicted on a 3.4-centimeter agate seal found at the Griffin Warrior Tomb in one of this culture’s palaces. The walls of this culture’s city of Tiryns are an example of its Cyclopean masonry. (-5[1])Grave Circle (10[1])A at this culture’s (10[1])type site predates its “beehive tombs” and contains royal grave goods like the Mask of Agamemnon. For 10 points, name this Bronze Age Greek civilization (10[1])that wrote in Linear B and overlapped with the (10[1])Minoans. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Mycenae [or Myceanaen; accept Mycenaean Greece]
<UCLA B, Other History> | Packet B - Queens A, UCLA B, Edinburgh B, St. Georges A
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%71.33
CanadaMain Site1090%50%108.67
FloridaMain Site3100%67%103.67
Great LakesMain Site5100%0%79.80
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site9100%33%115.22
MidwestMain Site8100%75%125.88
NortheastMain Site5100%0%67.40
OverflowMain Site4100%50%99.50
South CentralMain Site2100%0%106.50
SoutheastMain Site7100%0%90.57
UKMain Site6100%17%100.33
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%0%102.38
Upstate NYMain Site475%50%105.33