<?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">grave posts</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>totem poles</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>sepulchral monuments</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>grave post</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>grave-posts</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>graveposts</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>posts, grave</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Posts used to mark the location of a grave and in commemoration of the deceased; known in many cultures. They were originally made of a single timber, often decorated with totemic emblems or other iconography. Grave posts may also be made of materials other than wood, but in form resemble the tall, verticality of a tree trunk.  ]]></note></mads>