{"id":1631,"date":"2012-04-15T20:42:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T20:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-a_lawler\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2024-12-21T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T17:08:44","slug":"did-the-first-cities-grow-from-marshes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/did-the-first-cities-grow-from-marshes\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the First Cities Grow From Marshes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite><abbr class=\"site-title\" title=\"Science\">Science<\/abbr> <span class=\"cit-print-date\">14 January 2011<span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-print-date\">: <\/span> <\/span><span class=\"cit-pages\"><span class=\"cit-first-page\">141<\/span><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-pages\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cit-doi\"><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-before-article-doi\"> [DOI:<\/span>10.1126\/science.331.6014.141<span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-doi\">]<\/span> <\/span><\/cite><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewlawler.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/Science-2011-Lawler-Did_the_First_Cities_Grow_From_Marshes-141.pdf\">Science-2011-Lawler-Did_the_First_Cities_Grow_From_Marshes-141.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science 14 January 2011: 141. 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