Our Next SCPN gathering will be:Jan. 20, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center
2050 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa
**Wheelchair Accessible**
Donations of $5.00 to $3.00 suggested at the door.
No one is turned away for lack of funds.
The SCPN Presents
The Life And Work Of Marija Gimbutas
Presented by Joan Marler
Lithuanian/American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) is a pioneer in the investigation of the beliefs, ritual life and symbolism of the earliest agrarian societies of Europe. As a highly respected scholar on the Indo-European Bronze Age, her research became controversial when she turned her attention to the Neolithic period and discussed the significance of its prolific female imagery by using the word "Goddess."
This presentation will present the scope of her dramatic life growing up in Lithuania, her life as a refugee, her emigration to the US, and her long and productive years as an archaeologist, professor and scholar. It will also include an overview of the extraordinary work she produced and its impact on the world.
Marija Gimbutas' books include, The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe (1974), The Language of the Goddess (1989), and The Civilization of the Goddess (1991), among others.
BIOGRAPHY
Joan Marler worked closely with Marija Gimbutas from 1987-1994, and is the editor of The Civilization of the Goddess. Joan also edited, From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas
(1997) and is the founder and executive director of the Institute of Archaeomythology.
