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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Pre-Columbian</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>[Pre-Columbian North American styles and periods]</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>[Pre-Columbian South American styles and periods]</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>[Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods]</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>The Americas</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Pre-Colombian</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Pre-Conquest</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Precolumbian</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the aboriginal Native American cultures that developed in North, South and Central America before the arrival of Europeans beginning in the late 15th century CE. The term is sometimes used more narrowly to only refer to early cultures from Mexico and Central and South America. ]]></note></mads>