<?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">Apennine</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Ausonian</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Morgetian</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Italian Bronze Age periods</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Apennine culture</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Apenninic</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Extra Terramaricolan</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>culture, Apennine</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the Bronze Age period and culture that occupied much of the Italian peninsula. It is characterized by a scarcity of metal objects, elaborate pottery with complex handles, and generally by small settlements, with occasional larger ones forming notable exceptions. It was formerly believed that this culture was primarily seminomadic and pastoral, but most modern scholars believe that many people of this culture lived in permanent dwellings. ]]></note></mads>