Historical FigureFemale
Marija Gimbutasová
1921 – 1994
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMarija 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 23, 1921
Vilnius
Date of death
February 2, 1994
Los Angeles
Citizenship
Lithuania · United States · Poland · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
anthropologistarchaeologistprehistorianuniversity teacherhistorianethnologist
Awards & honours
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- Field and occupation
- americká archeoložka
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