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THE HOUSES OF PREHISTORIC 



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what is known as the La Tene, or ' late Celtic ' period, so-called 

 from the Gaulish settlement at La Tene, on Lake Neuchatel, 

 where many remains typical of the Gallic culture of the 

 centuries immediately preceding the Christian era were dis- 

 covered. 



FIG. 111. Sword of La Tene type in its sheath ; Connantre, Marne. 



Fm. 112. Iron Sword (La Tene type) in bronze scabbard; Hallstatt 1 . 



FIG. 113. Bronze Shield; Bingen-. 



The Gauls at that period used long iron swords of a well- 

 defined type (Figs. Ill, 112), carried oblong shields (Fig. 112) 

 instead of the round shields (Fig. 113) of the previous period, 



1 W. Eidgeway, The Early Age of Greece, Vol. i. p. 410. 



2 Id., Vol. i. p. 478. 



