JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014 VOLUME 67, NUMBER 1 CONTENTS features 24 Top10 Discoveries of 2013 ARCHAEOLOGY'S editors reveal the year's most compelling finds 31 An Epic Conflict After years of searching, archaeologists uncover evidence for a bloody battle between Rome and Carthage on a small Spanish hilltop BY ROGER ATWOOD 37 Long Undisturbed A remarkable Etruscan burial is discovered in Tarquinia's famed necropolis BY ROSSELLA LORENZI 42 Stone Towns of the Swahili Coast Along 2,000 miles of the East African coast, the sophisticated trading centers of the medieval Swahili reveal their origins and influences BY SAMIR S. PATEL 50 Child's Play A technique developed to estimate the ages of cave artists adds the activity of children to the archaeological record BY JUDE ISABELLA 42 The ruins of a mosque and cemetery in the medieval Swahili town of Songo Mnara in Tanzania reflect the Islamic influences that helped shape this African culture. Cover: A Homo erectus skull found at the site of Dmanisi in Georgia is one of 2013's most significant discoveries. COURTESY THE GEORGIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 1