Memories of Marija

Elizabeth J. W. Barber (USA)

Abstract

In “Memories of Marija,” Elizabeth Barber relates insightful glimpses from her graduate work on prehistoric textiles at UCLA while studying with Marija Gimbutas and from taking took part in her historic 1979 conference on Old Europe in Dubrovnik. Gimbutas had carefully chosen a site for the conference that was accessible to westerners as well as to presenters from the Communist Eastern Bloc facilitating a multicultural exchange of ideas.