Dr. Shannon Chappell Hodge

Professor & Chair

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

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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