{"id":1633,"date":"2012-04-15T20:44:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T20:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-a_lawler\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2024-12-21T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T17:08:43","slug":"does-north-america-hold-the-roots-of-mesoamerican-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/does-north-america-hold-the-roots-of-mesoamerican-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Does North America Hold the Roots of Mesoamerican Civilization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite><abbr class=\"site-title\" title=\"Science\">Science<\/abbr> <span class=\"cit-print-date\">23 December 2011<span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-print-date\">: <\/span> <\/span><span class=\"cit-pages\"><span class=\"cit-first-page\">1620<\/span><span class=\"cit-sep\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"cit-last-page\">1621<\/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.334.6063.1620<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-Does_North_America_Hold_the_Roots_of_Mesoamerican_Civilization-1620-1.pdf\">Science-2011-Lawler-Does_North_America_Hold_the_Roots_of_Mesoamerican_Civilization-1620-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science 23 December 2011: 1620&#8211;1621. [DOI:10.1126\/science.334.6063.1620] Science-2011-Lawler-Does_North_America_Hold_the_Roots_of_Mesoamerican_Civilization-1620-1.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-magazine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does North America Hold the Roots of Mesoamerican Civilization? &#8226; Andrew Lawler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Science 23 December 2011: 1620-1621.   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