Marija Gimbutas (Lithuanian: Marija Gimbutienė, Lithuanian pronunciation: ['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.
Marija Gimbutas
Author details
- Born:
- Jan. 23, 1921
- Died:
- Feb. 2, 1994
