Marija Gimbutas
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1921 – 1994
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Who was Marija Gimbutas?
Marija Gimbutas, was a Lithuanian-American archaeologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her widely accepted Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe. Gimbutas's assertion that Neolithic sites in Lithuania and across Europe provided evidence for matriarchal pre-Indo-European societies was not well received in scholarly circles, but became a keystone of the Goddess movement.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1921
Vilnius - Also known as
- Marija Birutė Alseikaitė
- Ethnicity
- Lithuanian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Vilnius University
- Vytautas Magnus University
- Employment
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Vilnius
- Died
- Feb 2, 1994
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Petrašiūnai Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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