La Tène

[ French la ten ]

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. Compare Hallstattan.

noun

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

La Tène

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of La Tène¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Word History and Origins

Origin of La Tène¹

C20: from La Tène, a part of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where remains of this culture were first discovered

Example Sentences

The burials, which contained a rich array of grave goods, show all the hallmarks of the Celtic La Tene culture, which flourished across Central and Western Europe at the time.

From BBC

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg