Join the AIA/East Tennessee Society and McClung Museum for a presentation by Phillip Stockhammer for this year's Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology.

Philipp W. Stockhammer is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, Co-Director of the Max Planck-Harvard Research Centre for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and Honorary Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2008, he received his doctorate from Heidelberg University and subsequently several prestigious grants and prizes (ERC Starting Grant 2015, ERC Consolidator Grant 2020, ERC PERA Grant 2024). He leads collaborative research projects on the Bronze and Early Iron Ages from Central Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean. His research focuses on transcultural entanglements, social practices and the integration of archaeological and scientific data concerning identity, social belonging, mobility, nutrition and health. He is very committed to public outreach and is actively involved in the production of archaeological documentaries and video games.  

Funding for the McClung Museum’s educational programming has been provided by the Knox County Tourism Consortium.