{"id":15126,"date":"2025-02-03T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=15126"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:41:05","slug":"history-professor-tiffany-earley-spadoni-and-team-uncover-ancient-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/history-professor-tiffany-earley-spadoni-and-team-uncover-ancient-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"History Professor Tiffany Earley-Spadoni and team uncover ancient artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor of History Tiffany Earley-Spadoni and her team made new discoveries during fieldwork at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. 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