Marija Gimbutas
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 30 years ago |
Date of birth | January 23,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Vilnius |
Lithuania | |
Date of died | February 2,1994 |
Died | Los Angeles |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Jurgis Gimbutas |
Nationality | American |
Lithuanian | |
Parents | Danielius Alseika |
Veronika Alseikienė | |
Awards | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction |
Education | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Known for | Kurgan hypothesis |
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ID | 849209 |
Marija Gimbutas Life story
Marija Gimbutas 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.