Matthew Spriggs is an emeritus professor of

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts ...

at the School of Archaeology and

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

of the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

(ANU) in Canberra. He has made major contributions in the archaeology of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and is particularly well known for his work investigating the

Lapita The Lapita culture is the name given to a Neolithic Austronesian people and their material culture, who settled Island Melanesia via a seaborne migration at around 1600 to 500 BCE. They are believed to have originated from the northern Philipp ...

culture cemetery at

Teouma Teouma is a major archaeological site from Teouma Bay on the island of Éfaté in Vanuatu. The site contains the oldest known cemetery within the Pacific Islands, and has been important in the gathering of information relating to the Lapita pe ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

. Spriggs is of Cornish descent. He is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal.

Awards and honors

Spriggs was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2014. He received the Rhys Jones Medal, the highest honour awarded by th
Australian Archaeological Association
in 2022.

References

External links

Professor Matthew Spriggs: researcher profile at Australian National University
Living people Australian National University faculty People educated at Upton Court Grammar School Year of birth missing (living people) Pacific archaeology {{Archaeologist-stub