Abstract
On the archaeological finds, written reports and in the composition of the bone tissue, we can suppose that social evolution in Hallstatt - La Téne period proceeded through the three following stages. At the 1st stage (approx. between the 7th and the 5th centuries B.C.), in the period of princes, we can distinguish only two social groups – the king (prince) with his court on one side and peasants on the other side.
This social stratification determines access to land and ownership of cattle. The 2nd stage with military democracy (the 4th and the 3rd centuries B.C.) is characterised by social pyramid.
Not only the ruler and his court is put in the graves, but also all the members of the clan. The 3rd phase of the urban type is characterised by the evolution of oppida.
In these three phases, social evolution lasted for 6 to 7 centuries and headed towards the state system. It was interrupted by the migrations of the Celts and by external pressure from the Romans and the Germans.