A?t?? ????s ??t ?? si?ht, ?n? ?? Y?l?’s im???t?nt hist??ic t???s???s is n?w ?n vi?w ?t th? Y?l? Univ??sit? A?t G?ll???: ? ??ll s?t ?? ?nci?nt R?m?n h??s? ??m?? ?isc?v???? ??c???s ??? ?? ??ch???l??ists in th? cit? ?? D???-E?????s—? c??ss????s ?? ?nci?nt c?lt???s in wh?t is n?w S??i?. Th? ?h?t? sh?ws th? ??m?? ?s w??n ?? ? h??s? ?t th? ?xc?v?ti?n. (Th? n?m? ?? th? m?n in th? ?h?t? is ?nkn?wn.)
T?ns ?? th??s?n?s ?? ??ti??cts w??? ?xc?v?t?? ???m D???-E?????s ??tw??n 1927 ?n? 1938 th????h ? c?ll?????ti?n ??tw??n Y?l? ?n? th? F??nch Ac?? émi? ??s Insc?i?ti?ns ?t B?ll?s-L?tt??s. Y?l?’s s?t ?? h??s? ??m?? w?s ?n? ?? tw?—th? ?th?? w?nt t? th? D?m?sc?s N?ti?n?l M?s??m—???n? ???in? th? 1933–34 ?xc?v?ti?n ?? ?n? ?? th? cit?’s ???ti?ic?ti?n t?w??s, wh??? it h?? ??????ntl? ???n ?l?c?? ??? st????? ?? ????i?. Th? im???ssiv? ??j?ct, n???l? ?iv? ???t in l?n?th, is m??? ?? i??n sc?l?s; th? sc?l?s ??? s?wn in ?v??l???in? ??ws t? tw? l???? sh??ts ?? ????l?-thickn?ss lin?n, ?n? th? lin?n sh??ts ??? c?nn?ct?? ?? ? ????? st?i? ?? l??th?? th?t li?s ?l?n? th? h??s?’s s?in?. Th? ?xt?????in??? s??viv?l ?? this ??ti??ct—n?t j?st is?l?t?? m?t?l sc?l?s, ??t th? int?ct s?t—?tt?sts t? th? ??? clim?t? ?n? hist??ic?l ???n??nm?nt th?t t???th?? ???s??v?? th? ??ch???l??ic?l m?t??i?ls ?t D???-E?????s.
Th? ?isc?v??? sin??l??l? t??ns???m?? hist??i?ns’ ?n???st?n?in? ?? R?m?n c?v?l?? ???i?m?nt. N? ?th?? ?xc?v?ti?ns, t? ??t?, h?v? ?i?l??? ? c?m?l?t? s?t ?? h??s? ??m??. On? c?n ??sil? im??in? th? ?st?nish?? ?xc?v?ti?n t??m in??l?in? in its ?wn v??si?n ?? ?x???im?nt?l ??ch???l??? ?? ????in? th? ??m?? ?v?? ?n? ?? th? l?c?l h??s?s.
Th? h??v? c?v?l?? wh?s? h??s?s w??? ???t?ct?? ?? s?ch ??m?? w?s th? t??? kn?wn ?s ? c?t??h??ct (???m th? G???k k?t??h??kt?s, m??nin? “??m????” ?? “c?m?l?t?l? ?ncl?s??”) ?? cli??n??ii (? L?tin t??m m??nin? “m?il-cl?? ?i???s”). S?ch ???c?s ???s? in th? ?nci?nt N??? E?st in th? kin???ms ?? th? Sc?thi?ns ?n? P??thi?ns. Th? ??vi??s t?ctic?l ??v?nt???s ?n? ?ltim?t? s?cc?ss ?? th?s? h??vil? ??m???? c?v?l?? c??s?? th?m t? s????? th????h??t th? N??? E?st ?n? c?nt??l Asi?. Ov?? tim? th? R?m?ns ????t?? ? simil?? ???ctic?; ?? th? ????th c?nt??? CE, ??nks ?? h??v? c?v?l?? w??? im???t?nt ?l?m?nts ?? th? R?m?n milit???. D?sc?i?ti?ns ?? c?t??h??cts in lit????? s???c?s ?n? ?????s?nt?ti?ns in ??t h?? ???n kn?wn ?n? st??i?? ?? ??n???ti?ns ?? R?m?n milit??? hist??i?ns.
An ?stim?t?? 12,000 ??j?cts ?? th? D???-E?????s t??v? ??? n?w in th? c?ll?cti?n ?? th? A?t G?ll???. Th? ?xc?v?t?? h??s? ??m?? w?s shi???? t? N?w H?v?n ?n?, in 1934, ?l?c?? ?n l?n?-t??m l??n with th? Hi??ins A?m??? M?s??m in M?ss?ch?s?tts. Its ???n??? (?n? ???si??nt ?? th? W??c?st?? P??ss?? St??l C?m??n?), J?hn W. Hi??ins, c?nsi????? th? h??s? ??m?? ?n? ?th?? ??ms ?n? ??m?? ???m D??? “?st??n?in?.” H? ?ss??ts, in ?n ?n???lish?? ??ticl? n?w in Y?l?’s ?il?s, th?t th? ?isc?v??i?s ????i?? sch?l??s t? “??w?it? th? ?i?st ch??t??s ?? ??? hist??i?s ?? ??m?? ?n? c???tsm?nshi?, ?s w?ll ?s t???tis?s ?n m?t?ll????.” In 1980, th? h??s? ??m?? w?s ??t??n?? t? Y?l? ??? ???iti?n?l c?ns??v?ti?n. B????ht ??t ?? st????? ?nc? ???in in 2012, th? ??m?? is ?in?ll? ?n vi?w ?t Y?l? ?n? ? hi?hli?ht ?? th? M??? ?n? J?m?s Ott?w?? G?ll??? ?? D???-E?????s.