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

Example Sentences

La Tène was a settlement at the north-eastern end of the Lake of Neuchâtel, and many objects of great interest have been found there since the site was first explored in 1858.

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

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 Haddon, Alfred Court

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 Lennox, P. J.

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 Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

The culture of the Early Iron Age of Hallstatt had been developed in Gaul on characteristic lines of its own, resulting in the form now known as the La Tène or Marnian type. 

From Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times by Anwyl, Edward