<?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">Pyrgos ware</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Pyrgos</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>pottery by kiln, location, or style</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>ware, Pyrgos</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Minoan pottery from Crete dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Minoan periods. It is characterized by a surface fired to a dark brown or black and burnished with a smooth pebble or wooden burnisher to produce a linear decoration. ]]></note></mads>