Marija Gimbutas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marija Gimbutas

Lithuanian-American archaeologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1921

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1994

Profession: university teacher, archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Marija Gimbutas (Lithuanian: Marija Gimbutiene; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian-American 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.