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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Pottery Neolithic</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Yarmukian</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Munhatta phase</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Wadi Rabah</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Levantine Neolithic periods</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>PN</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the Neolithic period in the southern Levant from about 6000 to 4500 BCE. The period is characterized by the introduction of pottery and the production of clay and stone figurines. ]]></note></mads>