Marija Gimbutas
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 31 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.