<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Pleistocene</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31363330</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:38:03</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Great Ice Age</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Pleistocene period</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ On the geologic time scale the earlier and longer epoch of the Quaternary. The Pleistocene extends from about 1.8 million years ago to 10,000 BCE. It is best known as the time when Earth entered its most recent period of glaciation. ]]></dc:description></metadata>