Marija Gimbutas | |
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 Gimbutas at the Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany 1993 | |
| Born | Marija Birutė Alseikaitė January 23, 1921 |
| Died | February 2, 1994 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Other names | Lithuanian: Marija Gimbutienė |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Years active | 1949–1991 |
| Employer | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Kurgan hypothesis |
| Notable work | The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe (1974) The Language of the Goddess (1989) The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) The Balts (1961) The Slavs (1971) |
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Marija Gimbutas (Lithuanian: Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė, pronounced ['ɡɪmbutas]; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.