Marija Gimbutas

Marija Gimbutas
Gimbutas at the Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany 1993
Born
Marija Birutė Alseikaitė

(1921-01-23)January 23, 1921
Vilnius, Central Lithuania
DiedFebruary 2, 1994(1994-02-02) (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesLithuanian: Marija Gimbutienė
Alma materVilnius University
OccupationArchaeologist
Years active1949–1991
EmployerUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Known forKurgan hypothesis
Notable workThe 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)
Parents

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.

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