Matthew Spriggs


Matthew Spriggs is a Professor of archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Australian National University 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 culture cemetery at Teouma in Vanuatu.
Spriggs is of Cornish descent.

Awards and Honors

Spriggs was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2014.