La Tène

American  

[la ten] / la ˈtɛn /

adjective

1. Archaeology. designating the period or culture of the late Iron Age typified by the structural remains, swords, tools, utensils, etc., found at La Tène.

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noun

1. a shallow area at the E end of the Lake of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where these remains were found.

La Tène British  

/ læ ˈtɛn /

adjective

1. of or relating to a Celtic culture in Europe from about the 5th to the 1st centuries _bc , characterized by a distinctive type of curvilinear decoration See also Hallstatt

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Etymology

Origin of La Tène

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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La Tène

The Hallstatt period ends, roughly, at 500 B.C., and the Later Iron Age takes its name from the settlement of La Tène, in a bay of the Lake of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

Two splendid examples of this latter type were found at Clonmacnois, the decoration of which, in La Tène, or trumpet, pattern, shows the connection between the Irish and continental designs.

From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox

Now what the Celt borrowed in the art-culture which on the Continent culminated in the La Tène relics were certain originally naturalistic motives for Greek ornaments, notably the palmette and the meander motives.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

It also shows that these objects were in use down to the early Iron Age, as most of the objects of the Lisnacroghera find belong to the La Tène period.

From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey

V., showing that remains of the Iron Age in Bosnia are closely connected with Hallstatt and La Tène cultures.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

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