Marija Gimbutas
Biographic Data
| ID | 81901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marija Gimbutas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marija |
| FAMILY NAME | Gimbutas |
| SIGNATURE | GIMBUTAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 141 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe
The Indo-Europeanization of Europe: The intrusion of steppe pastoralists from south Russia and the transformation of Old Europe
1993). The Indo-Europeanization of Europe: the intrusion of steppe pastoralists from south Russia and the transformation of Old Europe. WORD: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 205-222
The language of the goddess: Unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilization
The Goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world. She was a symbol of the unity of life in nature, and the personification of all that was sacred and mysterious on Earth. Here, in this pioneering and provocative volume, Marija Gimbutas resurrects the world of Goddess-worshipping, earth-centred cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society vividly to life. She interweaves comparative mytholo…
Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins.
New edition of a classic previously published since 1987 by Penguin. Renfrew considers questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation. He re-examines the problem of the spread of Indo-European languages and argues that early forms of these were spoken thousands of years earlier than we had previously assumed.
Achilleion: A Neolithic Settlement in Thessaly, Greece, 6500-5600 B. C
The Earth Fertility of old Europe
The "Kurgan Culture," Indo-European Origins, and the Domestication of the Horse: A Reconsideration [and Comments and Replies]
The "Kurgan culture" concept has for two decades been the central element in attempts to explain the cultural shifts that occurred during the Late Copper Age/Early Broze Age transition in Eastern Europe, ca. 2500 b.c. These shifts represented a significant departure from earlier cultural trajectories and established the foundation for the subsequent development of European societies. It is suggested here tht the "Kurgan culture" concept lacks int…
East Baltic amber in the fourth and third millennia B.C
(1985). East Baltic amber in the fourth and third millennia B.C. Journal of Baltic Studies: Vol. 16, Studies in Baltic Amber, pp. 231-256
The Gods of the Ancient Slavs: Tatishchev and the Beginnings of Slavic Mythology
European Prehistory
The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe, 7000 to 3500 BC: Myths, Legends and Cult Images
The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe 7000 to 3500 BC: Myths, Legends and Cult Images
Anza, ca. 6500-5000 B. C: A Cultural Yardstick for the Study of Neolithic Southeast Europe
Anza, ca. 6500–5000 B.C: A Cultural Yardstick for the Study of Neolithic Southeast Europe
The site of Anza is of major importance by virtue of its geographical position in the central Balkans (FIG. 1) and its unique stratigraphy. The excavations at Anza have yielded a variety of types of information that add to our understanding of the early stages of the [Pottery] Neolithic period, of the succeeding Starčevo Neolithic culture, and of the formation of the Vinča civilization
Achilleion: A Neolithic Mound in Thessaly; Preliminary Report on 1973 and 1974 Excavations
This is a preliminary report on the tJCLA excavations of 1973 and 1974 at Achillefon, Greeve, that were conducted in cooperation with Creek authorities. A chillefon lies in the heart of Thessaly and is a stratiJied neolithic mound which yielded a cultural sequence supported by radiocarbon dates and stratigraphy from ca. 6500 to 5500 B.C. The excavatioz1s have revealed vital information on the environment, economy, architecture, ceramies industry,…
The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe, 7000-3500 BC: Myths, Legends and Cult Images
The European Community in Later Prehistory: Studies in Honour of C. F. C. Hawkes
The Slavs
The Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia: Before the Roman Conquest
The Slavs
The Slavs
Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
The Balts
Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
The "Kurgan Culture," Indo-European Origins, and the Domestication of the Horse: A Reconsideration [and Comments and Replies]
The "Kurgan culture" concept has for two decades been the central element in attempts to explain the cultural shifts that occurred during the Late Copper Age/Early Broze Age transition in Eastern Europe, ca. 2500 b.c. These shifts represented a significant departure from earlier cultural trajectories and established the foundation for the subsequent development of European societies. It is suggested here tht the "Kurgan culture" concept lacks int…
The Indo-Europeans: Archeological Problems
The Prehistory of Eastern Europe, I
The Indo-Europeanization of Europe: The intrusion of steppe pastoralists from south Russia and the transformation of Old Europe
1993). The Indo-Europeanization of Europe: the intrusion of steppe pastoralists from south Russia and the transformation of Old Europe. WORD: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 205-222
Achilleion: A Neolithic Mound in Thessaly; Preliminary Report on 1973 and 1974 Excavations
This is a preliminary report on the tJCLA excavations of 1973 and 1974 at Achillefon, Greeve, that were conducted in cooperation with Creek authorities. A chillefon lies in the heart of Thessaly and is a stratiJied neolithic mound which yielded a cultural sequence supported by radiocarbon dates and stratigraphy from ca. 6500 to 5500 B.C. The excavatioz1s have revealed vital information on the environment, economy, architecture, ceramies industry,…
On the Origin of North Indo-Europeans
Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins.
New edition of a classic previously published since 1987 by Penguin. Renfrew considers questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation. He re-examines the problem of the spread of Indo-European languages and argues that early forms of these were spoken thousands of years earlier than we had previously assumed.
Achilleion: A Neolithic Settlement in Thessaly, Greece, 6500-5600 B. C
The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe 7000 to 3500 BC: Myths, Legends and Cult Images
The European Community in Later Prehistory: Studies in Honour of C. F. C. Hawkes
C omments on I ndo ‐I ranians and T okharians: A R esponse to R. H eine ‐G eldern
Ancient Symbolism in Lithuanian Folk Art
Ancient Symbolism in Lithuanian Folk Art
Borodino, Seima and their Contemporaries: Key Sites for the Bronze Age Chronology of Eastern Europe
The hoard from Borodino, north-west of the Black Sea, and the cemetery of Seima in central Russia are the best known names in the literature dealing with the Bronze Age of eastern Europe. On the alleged dates of Borodino and Seima the whole structure of the Bronze Age chronology of Russia and even Siberia is built. Tallgren in his Pontide Préscythique (1926) and in his earlier publications dated the Borodino and Seima finds to the period from 130…
Battle Axe or Cult Axe
On the Origin of North Indo-Europeans
Battle Axe or Cult Axe
The Earliest Culture History of the Northern Part of the European USSR: A Review Article
Two contributions of unusual value for our knowledge of the comb- and pit-marked pottery culture of North-eastern Europe have recently appeared in vols. 20 and 29 of the series Materialy i Issledovaniia po Arkheologii SSSR (Materials and Investigations on Archaeology of the USSR) , published in Moscow in 1951 and 1952 by Akademiia Nauk SSSR. The English titles of the two volumes are: (1) The Neolithic and Early Metal Age Sites in the Northern Par…
Vorgeschichte der Lausitz. J iri N eustupny . Translated from Czech by E rnst P alm
Archeology: Les Civilisations Neolithiques de la France dans leur Contexte Europeen. G. B ailloud , and P. M ieg de B oofzheim
Borodino, Seima and their Contemporaries: Key Sites for the Bronze Age Chronology of Eastern Europe
The hoard from Borodino, north-west of the Black Sea, and the cemetery of Seima in central Russia are the best known names in the literature dealing with the Bronze Age of eastern Europe. On the alleged dates of Borodino and Seima the whole structure of the Bronze Age chronology of Russia and even Siberia is built. Tallgren in his Pontide Préscythique (1926) and in his earlier publications dated the Borodino and Seima finds to the period from 130…
The Prehistory of Eastern Europe. Part I. Mesolithic, Neolithic and Copper Age Cultures in Russia and the Baltic Area
The Ancient Amber Routes and the Geographical Discovery of the Eastern Baltic
Middle Ural Sites and the Chronology of Northern Eurasia
The investigation of trade relations as they continued onward from the middle of the second millennium B.C. is at present one of the most fruitful methods of establishing the chronological sequence of the Bronze Age in northern Eurasia. In a recent article (Gimbutas, 1956) I attempted to correlate the Seima and Borodino dates with those of the Near East on the one hand, and of China on the other, basing my argument on analogies among widely-distr…
Ancient Symbolism in Lithuanian Folk Art
The Prehistory of Eastern Europe, I
Ancient Symbolism in Lithuanian Folk Art
Lithuanian Folksongs in America: Narrative Songs and Ballads
Ancient Symbolism in Lithuanian Folk Art
The Indo-Europeans: Archeological Problems
C omments on I ndo ‐I ranians and T okharians: A R esponse to R. H eine ‐G eldern
The Balts
Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
The Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia: Before the Roman Conquest
The Slavs
The Slavs
The European Community in Later Prehistory: Studies in Honour of C. F. C. Hawkes
The Slavs
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