Matthew Spriggs

Matthew Spriggs FAHA
Occupation	Professor of archaeology

Matthew Spriggs FAHA is an emeritus professor of archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.[1] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. 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 culture cemetery at Teouma in Vanuatu.[2][3]

Spriggs is of Cornish descent.[4]

He is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal.[5]

Awards and honours

Spriggs was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998.[6]

He was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2014.[7] He received the Rhys Jones Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Australian Archaeological Association, in 2022.

References

1. "Professor Matthew Spriggs". School of Archaeology and Anthropology. Australian National University. May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
2. Winkler, Tim (14 July 2005). "Heads found in pots in Vanuatu dig" (Press release). Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 3 June 2013. Skulls belonging to some of the earliest inhabitants of the Pacific have been unearthed by ANU archaeologists working in Vanuatu....
3. "Ask The Experts: Matthew Spriggs". National Geographic (March 2008). National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 26 March 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
4. Spriggs, Matthew (1997). The Island Melanesians. Wiley. ISBN 9780631167273.
5. "World Archaeology Editorial board". Taylor and Francis Online.
6. "Fellow Profile: Matthew Spriggs". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
7. "Professor Matthew Spriggs receives 2014 ARC Laureate Fellowship". Australian National University. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links

• Professor Matthew Spriggs: researcher profile at Australian National University