The 'Celtic episode' of the prehistoric Sanok region should be associated with a group of colonists from the south who, during phase LT C, used the local brine springs to produce salt and supply it to the population of the Upper Tisa River basin. For now, no finds definitely associated with phases LT B or LT D have been discovered in the region. The settlers probably relied on both agriculture and animal husbandry to sustain their communities. It seems unlikely they were able to produce any food surpluses, considering the unfavourable climate and poor soil conditions. When the expansion of Dacian tribes to the south of the Carpathians began to cause shifts in the political landscape and the trade routes' network, the San River Valley cultural centre lost its economic significance and entered a period of decline. Presumably, some of the population may have migrated north into the more fertile lands, while others might have returned to the areas of their origin. According to the available data, there seems to be no clear continuity between the La Tène occupation and the oldest Przeworsk culture finds dated to the end of the early pre-Roman period.

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La colonisation celtique en Pologne était caractérisé par des enclaves limitées instalées sur les terres les plus fertiles. Des habitats ont été découverts en Basse Silésie (Dolny Śląsk) (LT B1 à LT C1), sur le Plateau de Głubczyce (Wyźyna Głubczycka) (fin de la phase LT B1 à la charnière LT C2/ LT D1), dans le bassin supérieur de la rivière San (LT C et début de LT D1) et en Petite Pologne (Małopolska) occidentale (fin de LT B2 au début de Ier s. ap. J. C.). Dans cette dernière région se trouve un groupe mixte, dont la culture matérielle combine des éléments celtiques (céramique graphitée, céramique painte, monnayage local) et ceux de la culture locale dite «de Przeworsk».

(review) A. V. Gudkova, E. Schultze, Gräberfeld und Siedlung Nagornoe 2. Ein Fundplatz der Sântana Mureş-Černjachov-Kultur an der Unteren Donau (= Archäologie in Eurasien 35). Bonn 2017: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Eurasien-Abteilung, Verlag Dr Rudolf Habelt.The settlement complex known as Nagornoe 2, Odessa oblast, Ukraine comprises a Chernyakhov/Sântana de Mureş culture settlement and burial ground. The site is located in the area known as the Budzhak, which extends between the lower Danube and lower Dniester, on the steep east banks of Lake Kagul. The settlement was discovered in 1964 by N. M Shmagliev, who was the fi rst to identify artefacts belonging to the Eneolithic Gumelniţa and Chernyakhov cultures amongst the fi nds excavated at the site. Research of the complex continued until 1987 and was led by specialists in cultures of both the Eneolithic and Late Antique. Finds associated with other periods were also recorded during the course of the excavations. One such discovery were the remnants of a Scythian winter camp (Romanova and Skakun 1991;1992;2002). The Late Antique cemetery of the Chernyakhov/Sântana de Mureş culture discovered in 1984 lies approximately 100 m to the East of the settlement. From 1985 to 1993, the research of the burial ground was lead by Alexandra V. Gudkova with occasional involvement of A. A. Rosokhatskiy and M. M. Fokeyev. The excavations revealed 95 Chernyakhov culture graves in total (graves 8a and 8b were considered separate inhumations). It was also noted that the site had been partially destroyed by sand mining.The Nagornoe 2 settlement and cemetery lie within a larger settlement complex located in the Lake Kagul region. Both sites were associated with the Chernyakhov culture. The research fi ndings from excavations at Nagornoe 2 were only published fragmentarily. What is more, the available publications did not always present fi nds in a manner allowing for their precise typological identifi cation (Gudkova et al. 1997). The recent work by Alexandra V. Gudkova and Erdmute Schultze comes as a most welcome contribution to the existing body of subject literature. It appears as the 35 th volume of the Archäologie in Eurasien series (ed. S. Hansen), published by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut and the InstiSprawozdania Archeologiczne, 2017, 69, s. 457-462