Original sentence: , JJ Bachofen, Carl Jung and Marija Gimbutas) continued research in this area, and later still Joseph Campbell, Ashley Montagu and others highly esteemed Gimbutas's work on the matrifocal cultures of Old Europe, but since her death her interpretation of the archaeological record has been called into question, and her theories of universal female deity are no longer considered credible in the mainstream.Some academics carry on research in this area (consider the 2003 World Congress on Matriachal Studies), and many amateurs are enthusiastic about it, but most academics hold serious reservations
Edited sentence: , JJ Bachofen, Carl Jung and Marija Gimbutas) continued research in this area, and later still Joseph Campbell, Ashley Montagu and others highly esteemed Gimbutas's work on the matrifocal cultures of Old Europe, but since her death the value of her work has been dismissed by mainstream academics, who can acknowledge evidence of "powerful female deities" in ancient cultures but refuse to refer to them as goddesses or consider their possible centrality to the cultures who made images of them.Some academics carry on research in this area (consider the 2003 World Congress on Matriachal Studies), and many amateurs are enthusiastic about it, but most academics and major publishers will have nothing to do with it