"The portable exhibition will mostly focus on Gimbutiene's hypotheses scientists are analyzing to this date. It only shows that the ideas raised by Gimbutiene were novel and they are still relevant many years later," archaeologist Gabrielie Gudaitiene, who prepared the exhibition, said.
The exhibition will tell about the famous archaeologist's life in Lithuania, her departure during WWII, emigration and her scientific activity in the United States,
Gimbutas gained fame and notoriety in the English-speaking world with her last three English-language books based on her documented archaeological findings of Neolithic cultures across Europe, including housing patterns, social structure, art, religion, and the nature of literacy.
Gimbutas saw the differences between the Old European system, which she considered goddess- and woman-centered (gynocentric), and the Bronze Age Indo-European patriarchal ("androcratic") culture which supplanted it. According to her interpretations, gynocentric (or matristic) societies were peaceful, honored women, and espoused economic equality.[citation needed] The androcratic, or male-dominated, Kurgan peoples, on the other hand, invaded Europe and imposed upon its natives the hierarchical rule of male warriors.
Well-known American scientist and specialist on mythology and religious studies Joseph Campbell said once Gimbutiene's work is comparable to the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone.