<?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">pit dwellings</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>sunken huts</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>houses by location: topographical</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>pit houses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pit-dwellings</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pithouses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dwellings, pit</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pit dwelling</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Houses, common during the prehistoric periods of many cultures, whose floors are dug out deeply below the adjacent ground level. Use "sunken huts" for multipurpose buildings of the first millennium CE, found in England and throughout northern Europe. ]]></note></mads>