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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Prepalatial</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Early Minoan</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Minoan</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Pre-Palace</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Pre-Palatial</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the earliest phase of Minoan art and culture, according to the classification system devised by the archaeologist, Nikolas Platon. It is characterized by a society on Crete divided into a series of small units, politically and economically independent, with great regional variation, though sharing certain common cultural traits. It overlaps with the Early Minoan period. ]]></note></mads>