01 May 2024 The Kurgan Hypothesis – Right Idea, Wrong Continent By Ken Goudsward History & Tradition 1 In 1956, a hypothesis was proposed by UCLA archaeology and anthropology professor Marija Gimbutas. Her proposal, which was in part based on prior work by Otto Schrader (1883) and V. Gordon Childe (1926), came to be known as “the Kurgan... Read More