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Marija Gimbutas

Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for the Kurgan hypothesis and studies of Old Europe.

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UNESCO designated Gimbutas among its milestone anniversary commemorations for 2021 in observance of her centenary year.[1] Marija Birutė Alseikaitė, born to Veronika Janulaitytė-Alseikienė and Danielius Alseika in Vilnius (then capital of the Republic of Central Lithuania), came from a family active in Lithuanian intellectual circles.[2] At UCLA, Gimbutas was appointed Professor of European Archaeology and Indo-European Studies starting in 1964, and the following year she became Curator of Old World Archaeology.[3]

Geography and history

The OPUS Archives and Research Center, situated at Pacifica Graduate Institute's Carpinteria, California campus, holds Gimbutas's scholarly materials.[4]

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The OPUS Archives account states that Gimbutas contributed to what is considered one of the most significant academic watershed moments in women’s studies with her work on Neolithic culture and religion.[1] The same source notes that her Kurgan theory was given support through advances in DNA testing in recent years.[1] In her last book The Civilization of the Goddess, Gimbutas wrote that the primordial deity for Paleolithic and Neolithic ancestors was female, reflecting the sovereignty of motherhood.[1] The OPUS Archives account reports that Gimbutas's impact helped fuel the women’s movement in society at large.[1]

References

  1. "The Marija Gimbutas Collection – OPUS Archives and Research Center", Opusarchives.org. facts only, no text reused. opusarchives.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Marija Gimbutas" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Marija Gimbutas" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Women in Old World Archaeology", Brown.edu (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Marija Gimbutas" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Archived copy"; "The Marija Gimbutas Collection – OPUS Archives and Research Center", Opusarchives.org (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Marija Gimbutas (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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