# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marija-gimbutas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:27:54.588Z

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name: "Marija Gimbutas"
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description: "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."
tagline: "Lithuanian-American archaeologist"
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birthDate: "1921-01-23"
deathDate: "1994-02-02"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump