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ID: 6003334
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6003334

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of La Tène (deserted settlement)  La Tène (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 01 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.0167  decimal degrees
Long: 007 02 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Located in the shallows at the east end of Neuchâtel lake; site of important Iron Age remains, giving its name to a period of European Celtic culture dating 500 BCE-200 CE; in original settlement, Celts had driven piles into the edge of the lake and constructed 2 timber causeways; artifacts include iron swords and other weapons, and everyday objects made of iron and wood, some decorated with distinctive curvilinear and abstract designs.

Names:
La Tène (preferred,C,V)  ............ meaning "the shallows"
Latène (C,V)
La Tene (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Schweiz (nation)  ........  Schweiz (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Neuchâtel (canton)  ............  Neuchâtel (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of La Tène (deserted settlement)  ................  La Tène (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  flourished in early Iron Age
archaeological site (C)  ............  excavated 1907-1917
type site (C)
inhabited place (H)
La Tene (H)

Sources and Contributors:
La Tène..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 03/02/99
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 653
Latène..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 08/21/2000
La Tene..........  [VP]
.................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 03/02/99; accessed 08/21/2000
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 653
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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