Dr. Shannon Chappell Hodge

Professor

Dr. Shannon Chappell Hodge
615-494-7681
Room 109A, Peck Hall (PH)
MTSU Box 10, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, Tulane University (2005)
  • MA, Tulane University (1998)
  • BA, University of Kansas (1991)

Areas of Expertise

Bioarchaeology

Human osteology

Paleopathology

Prehistoric Archaeology

African Diaspora bioarchaeology

 

Publications

Edited volume

Hodge, Shannon Chappell and Kristrina A. Shuler

2018       Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast: Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. ISBN 978-0817319915. http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Bioarchaeology-of-the-American-Southeast,6807.aspx

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Journal Articles, peer-reviewed

Peres, Tanya M., Aaron Deter-Wolf, Joey Keasler, and Shannon Chappell Hodge

2016       Faunal Remains from an Archaic Period Cave in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 8:187-199. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16302565   

Shuler, Kristrina A., Shannon C. Hodge, Marie E. Danforth, J. Lynn Funkhouser, Christina Stantis, Danielle N. Cook, Peng Zeng

2012       In the Shadow of Moundville: A Bioarchaeological View of the Transition to Agriculture in the Central Tombigbee Valley of Alabama and Mississippi. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31 (4): 586-603. https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:09fe9e8f-35f1-4891-ba77-0169111f926c

Hodge, Shannon Chappell

2011       Population Dispersal and Human Health at Moundville. Southeastern Archaeology 30 (2): 226-241 https://doi.org/10.1179/sea.2011.30.2.003

Hodge, Shannon C. and Hugh E. Berryman

2008         Evidence of Prehistoric Violent Trauma from a Cave in Middle Tennessee. Tennessee Archaeology 3(2):139-156. http://www.sitemason.com/files/cLPLJC/Volume3Issue2.pdf#page=41

Hodge, Shannon Chappell and Marie Elaine Danforth

2007         “In Simple Terms: Bioarchaeology”. An invited contribution to the “In Simple Terms” series. Journal of Alabama Archaeology 53(1-2):122-138.  

Book Chapters

Hodge, Shannon Chappell and Kristrina A. Shuler

2018       Introduction: “Bridging Bones and Behavior: Case Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology”. In Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast: Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past, edited by Shannon Chappell Hodge and Kristrina A. Shuler, pp. 1-13. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.  

Hodge, Shannon Chappell

2018       “Nonlethal Scalping in the Archaic: Violence, Trophy-Taking, and Social Change”. In Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast: Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past, edited by Shannon Chappell Hodge and Kristrina A. Shuler, pp. 95-114. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.  

Hodge, Shannon Chappell and C. Brady Davis

2014       “Bioarchaeological Analysis”. In The Fernvale Site (40WM51): Late Archaic and Multicomponent Occupations Along the South Harpeth River in Williamson County, Tennessee, edited by A. Deter-Wolf. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology Research Series No. 19, Nashville. https://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/environment/attachments/arch_rs19_fernvale_2013.pdf

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Courses

ANTH 2210 – World Prehistory / Honors World Prehistory / Online World Prehistory

ANTH 3310 – Biological Anthropology (formerly Human Origins)

ANTH 3350 – Archaeology of Death

ANTH 4300 – Human Osteology

ANTH 4310 – Bioarchaeology

  • Archaeology Lab Coordinator
  • Anthropology tutor supervisor
  • Lead designer, ANTH 2210 World Prehistory online
  • Faculty Coordinator, Forensic Anthropology minor