The knowledge of the development of the La Tène Culture, whose presence marked the Late Iron Age in the greatest part of Northern Croatia, has undergone important changes in the last two decades owing to numerous trial and rescue excavations of settlements which were carried out. The discovery of a large number of sites did not come as a surprise, considering that from as early as the end of the 19th century numerous finds have been known that pointed out the settling of the southern part of the Pannonian plain by the communities of Celtic origin. A breakthrough in the systematic study of the spiritual legacy of the La Tène Culture in the Southern Pannonia was achieved by the excavations of the Zvonimirovo- Veliko Polje cemetery in the Central Drava valley. This is the only systematically investigated Late Iron Age cemetery in Northern Croatia, and it yielded material legacy that significantly changed the previous understanding of the development of the La Tène Culture in that area. In the same vein, the investigations facilitate the study of the funerary practice which will be further enhanced by comparisons with the results of investigations of the cemeteries in the wider southern Pannonian area.