A Swiss village near Lake Neuchâtel that serves as a reference point for the chronology of the Second Iron Age. Hundreds of submerged iron objects, including swords, have been found there. Specialists refer to this as the "La Tène" civilisation, despite a hard-fought battle by regional archaeologists to have this period referred to as the "Marnian". This Gallic period is subdivided as follows: La Tène I (475 to 300 BC), La Tène II (300 to 120 BC) and La Tène III (until the Roman conquest).