<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Nuraghic</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>nuraghi</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Sardinian</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Nuragic</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Distinctive culture of ancient Sardinia, dating 1900-400 BCE. It is characterized by, among other things, thousands of truncated conic structures made of huge blocks of basalt taken from extinct volcanoes; it predates the Phoenicians, who arrived here ca. 800 BCE. ]]></note></mads>