Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. [ancient European styles and periods]
7. [European Iron Age styles and periods]
8. La Tène

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the first of four divisions of La Tène art as defined by Paul Jacobsthal's in 1944. It flourished from the fifth to the early fourth centuries BCE, and is characterized by Oriental and classical influences. Jacobsthal La Tène style sequence has been challenged by modern scholars.