SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 VOLUME 67, NUMBER 5 CONTENTS features 22 America, in the Beginning Archaeologists continue their search for evidence of how the vast, onceuninhabited regions of the New World came to be populated BY NIKHIL SWAMINATHAN 30 Monumental Discovery A stunning second-century sanctuary emerges in the heart of Roman Gaul BY JASON URBANUS 35 Te Great War in Miniature The excavation of a unique battlefield model provides insight into military tactics and the evolution of warfare BY KATE RAVILIOUS 38 Erbil Revealed How the first excavations in an ancient city are supporting its claim as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world BY ANDREW LAWLER 44 Royalty from the Sport of Kings Unearthing a legend of California racing history BY DANIEL WEISS 46 Castaways Illegally enslaved and then marooned on remote Tromelin Island for fifteen years, with only archaeology to tell their story BY SAMIR S. PATEL 30 Archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of fragments of finely crafted sculpture from a second-century temple in the ancient Roman province of Gaul. Cover: One of the architectural sculptures that once adorned a massive ancient Roman temple recently discovered near Paris. PHOTO: © DENIS GLIKSMAN/INRAP 1