Matthew Spriggs

Australian National University — Australia

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

45h-index7.2kcitations319works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies(229), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies(101), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs(52), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(27), Maritime and Coastal Archaeology(27)

Publications318 total

Genomic and morphometric evidence for Austronesian-mediated pig translocation in the Pacific
Science·2026Open Access
Modelling of Epidemics Suggests Over 96 per cent Population Loss on Aneityum, Vanuatu, Following European Contact
Journal of Pacific History·2025
Jack Golson: A Life (13 September 1926–2 September 2023)
Journal of Pacific History·2025
Austronesian archaeolinguistics
Oxford University Press eBooks·2025· 1 cited
Ancient mitogenomes of Lapita pigs confirm continuity of the Pacific Clade in Remote Oceania
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports·2025Open Access
MANUSCRIPT XLV: J.H.F. (Frits) Sollewijn Gelpke, <i>The Spanish Exploration and Annexation of North New Guinea in the 16th Century</i> Part 2
Journal of Pacific History·2025
MANUSCRIPT XLV: J.H.F. (Frits) Sollewijn Gelpke, <i>The Spanish Exploration and Annexation of North New Guinea in the 16th Century,</i> Part 1
Journal of Pacific History·2025
Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu
Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Lapita: History of a Name, Its Terminologies and Influences
2025· 2 cited
Ancient Mitogenomes of Lapita Pigs Confirm Continuity of the Pacific Clade in Remote Oceania
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania
Nature Communications·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Early agriculture and what went before in Island Melanesia: continuity or intrusion?
2024· 21 cited
Lapita pottery makers’ marks: The memory of signs and wonders?
ANU Press eBooks·2024Open Access
Lapita in the Southwest Pacific
Oxford University Press eBooks·2024· 1 cited
“Feeling at home in Vanuatu”: Integration of newcomers from the East during the last millennium
PLoS ONE·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Putting the involvement of Indigenous Australians back into Indigenous Australian archaeology
Australian Archaeology·2024Open Access
The Cook Voyage Coconut Shell Armlet from Vanuatu
2024Open Access
Feeling at home in Vanuatu”: The place of newcomers from the East during the last millennium
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)·2024
Sauvagerie et soupe cannibale
Presses universitaires de Rennes eBooks·2024Open Access
aDNA, ethnography, and facial approximations of the Teouma Lapita burials (c. 3000BP)
Journal of Archaeological Science·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Stuart Bedford(18), Frédérique Valentin(11), Hallie R. Buckley(11), Fiona Petchey(5), Ron Pinhasi(5), David Reich(5), Stuart Hawkins(5), Pontus Skoglund(4), Kendra Sirak(4), Mark Lipson(4), Swapan Mallick(4), Nadin Rohland(4), Rebecca Kinaston(4), Kristin Stewardson(3), Patrick Vinton Kirch(3), Stephen Wickler(3), Richard Shing(3), Olivia Cheronet(3), Sue O’Connor(3), Peter Veth(3)