{"id":2407,"date":"2014-11-09T20:54:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T20:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2014-11-09T20:54:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T20:54:53","slug":"british-academy-post-language-deep-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/2014\/11\/09\/british-academy-post-language-deep-history\/","title":{"rendered":"British Academy Post &#8211; Language in deep history"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2408\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.britac.ac.uk\/language-in-deep-history\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2408\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/Clive-Gamble-Blog-piece-248x370.jpg\" alt=\"Thinking Big\" width=\"248\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thinking Big<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em style=\"color: #414141\">\u2018<\/em><em style=\"color: #414141\">In the beginning was the word<\/em><em style=\"color: #414141\">\u2019<\/em><span style=\"color: #414141\">. 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