The volume assembles papers from an international conference dedicated to external contacts in the Iron Age from its beginnings to the decline of the La Tene culture. The book contains 29 contributions concerning wide territory from the British Isles to Moldavia and from Scandinavia to North Italy and the Balkans, and handling individual finds, sites and regions, or studying the subject in pan-European frame. Theoretical approaches to supra-regional contacts form an important part of the volume.