La Tène (lä t n )adj. Of or relating to a late Iron Age Celtic civilization dating from the fifth to the first century b.c., influenced by early contact with Greek and Etruscan civilizations and flourishing throughout most of northern Europe until the Roman conquests. [After La Tène, a district at the eastern end of the Lake of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.] |
La Tène [læ ˈtɛn]
adj
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) 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
[from La Tène, a part of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where remains of this culture were first discovered]
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