Matthew Spriggs
{{Short description|Australian archaeologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
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| occupation = Professor of archaeology
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Matthew Spriggs {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|FAHA}} is an emeritus professor of archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.{{cite web |url=https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/spriggs-mjt |title=Professor Matthew Spriggs |author= |date= May 2010|website= School of Archaeology and Anthropology|publisher= Australian National University|access-date=31 May 2013}} 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.{{cite press release |last=Winkler |first=Tim |title=Heads found in pots in Vanuatu dig |date=14 July 2005 |publisher=Australian National University |location=Canberra |url=http://info.anu.edu.au/ovc/media/Media_Releases/2005/July/140705Vanuatu_pots |access-date=3 June 2013 |quote=Skulls belonging to some of the earliest inhabitants of the Pacific have been unearthed by ANU archaeologists working in Vanuatu.... }}{{cite journal |title= Ask The Experts: Matthew Spriggs |journal= National Geographic|issue= March 2008 |publisher= National Geographic Society|url= http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/people-pacific/spriggs-ask-expert|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080326074539/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/people-pacific/spriggs-ask-expert|url-status= dead|archive-date= 26 March 2008|access-date=1 June 2013}}
Spriggs is of Cornish descent.{{cite book |last=Spriggs |first=Matthew |date=1997 |title=The Island Melanesians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHx2QgAACAAJ |publisher=Wiley |isbn=9780631167273}}
He is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal.{{cite web |title=World Archaeology Editorial board |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rwar20 |website=Taylor and Francis Online}}
Awards and honours
Spriggs was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998.{{Cite web |title=Fellow Profile: Matthew Spriggs |url=https://humanities.org.au/fellows/fellow-profile/?fellow_id=534 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities |language=en-AU}}
He was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2014.{{cite news |url=http://archanth.cass.anu.edu.au/news/professor-matthew-spriggs-receives-2014-arc-laureate-fellowship |title=Professor Matthew Spriggs receives 2014 ARC Laureate Fellowship |date=22 August 2014 |work=Australian National University |access-date=21 January 2018 }} He received the Rhys Jones Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Australian Archaeological Association, in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Spriggs Matthew |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Spriggs_Matthew |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Academy of Europe}} He was awarded a research fellowship by the National Library of Australia in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-15 |title=NLA announces 2025 Fellows |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2025/01/15/262988/nla-announces-2025-fellowships/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
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External links
- [https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/spriggs-mjt Professor Matthew Spriggs: researcher profile at Australian National University]
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