<?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">slab method</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>pottery forming techniques</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>building, slab</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>construction, slab</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>method, slab</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>slab building</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>slab construction</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>slab-forming</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A technique of forming pottery by hand, in which a mass of wet clay is flattened to a slab with a rolling pin. The slab may be beaten into various shapes, joined to other slabs with slip, or paddled over a wood form. ]]></note></mads>