Marija Gimbutas
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Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian-American archaeologist and anthropologist best known for her influential theories on Old European Neolithic cultures and the origins of Indo-European peoples.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marija Gimbutas canonical | 3 |
| Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3186009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marija Gimbutas Context triple: [Kurgan hypothesis, mainProponent, Marija Gimbutas]
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A.
Theodora Kroeber
Theodora Kroeber was an American writer and anthropologist best known for her works on Native Californian cultures, including the influential book "Ishi in Two Worlds."
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B.
Gisela Clara Mathilde Peiser
Gisela Clara Mathilde Peiser was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist Max Perutz.
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C.
Ethel Lilian Voynich
Ethel Lilian Voynich was an Anglo-Irish novelist, musician, and revolutionary best known for her popular 1897 novel "The Gadfly."
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D.
Verena Huber-Dyson
Verena Huber-Dyson was a Swiss-American mathematician known for her work in group theory and logic, and for her contributions to the philosophy of mathematics.
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E.
Marie Reimer
Marie Reimer was the wife of renowned German classical scholar and historian Theodor Mommsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marija Gimbutas Target entity description: Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian-American archaeologist and anthropologist best known for her influential theories on Old European Neolithic cultures and the origins of Indo-European peoples.
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A.
Theodora Kroeber
Theodora Kroeber was an American writer and anthropologist best known for her works on Native Californian cultures, including the influential book "Ishi in Two Worlds."
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B.
Gisela Clara Mathilde Peiser
Gisela Clara Mathilde Peiser was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist Max Perutz.
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C.
Ethel Lilian Voynich
Ethel Lilian Voynich was an Anglo-Irish novelist, musician, and revolutionary best known for her popular 1897 novel "The Gadfly."
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D.
Verena Huber-Dyson
Verena Huber-Dyson was a Swiss-American mathematician known for her work in group theory and logic, and for her contributions to the philosophy of mathematics.
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E.
Marie Reimer
Marie Reimer was the wife of renowned German classical scholar and historian Theodor Mommsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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archaeologist ⓘ author ⓘ person ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in archaeology ⓘ |
| birthName | Marija Birutė Alseikaitė ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Lithuania
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Lithuania ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-01-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-02-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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surface form:
University of Munich
University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Vilnius ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| familyName | Gimbutas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Neolithic Europe
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surface form:
European Neolithic
Indo-European studies ⓘ anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ mythology ⓘ prehistory ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| fullName |
Marija Gimbutas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutas
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| givenName | Marija ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Danutė Gimbutas
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Rasa Julija Gimbutas ⓘ Živilė Gimbutas ⓘ |
| influenced |
Goddess movement
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feminist spirituality ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kurgan hypothesis
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research on Neolithic goddess cultures ⓘ studies of Indo-European origins ⓘ Neolithic Europe ⓘ
surface form:
theory of Old Europe
|
| language |
English
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Lithuanian ⓘ |
| movement | feminist archaeology ⓘ |
| nationality |
Lithuanians
ⓘ
surface form:
Lithuanian-American
|
| notableWork |
Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
ⓘ
Baltic peoples ⓘ
surface form:
The Balts
The Civilization of the Goddess ⓘ The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe ⓘ The Language of the Goddess ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vilnius ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Indo-European burial mounds
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prehistoric goddess worship ⓘ symbolism of Neolithic figurines ⓘ |
| spouse |
Rasa Julija Gimbutas
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surface form:
Jurgis Gimbutas
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| theory |
Indo-Europeanization of Europe through Kurgan migrations
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Old Europe as a peaceful, matristic, agrarian culture ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutas