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 second of the four divisions of Celtic La Tène art as defined by Paul Jacobsthal in 1944. It began around 350 BCE, following Celtic war bands having raided Italy. It is named after the site in the Hunsrück mountains, Germany, and is characterized by the depiction of human and animal faces peering through swirling vegetal forms. Jacobsthal's La Tène style sequence has been challenged by modern scholars.