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Matthew Spriggs
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 204
Citations - 6143
Matthew Spriggs is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Archipelago. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 199 publications receiving 5761 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew Spriggs include University of Hawaii at Manoa & Northern Arizona University.
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The island Melanesians
TL;DR: The Lapita Cultural Complex and Lapita Discontinuities: Lapita and Post-Lapita Communities of Culture as discussed by the authors, the Lapita Language, Lapita Social Organization, and Post Lapita Community of Culture.
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Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Greger Larson,Greger Larson,Thomas Cucchi,Masakatsu Fujita,Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith,Judith H. Robins,Atholl Anderson,Barry V. Rolett,Matthew Spriggs,Gaynor Dolman,Tae Hun Kim,Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy,Ettore Randi,Moira Doherty,Rokus Awe Due,Robert Bollt,Tony Djubiantono,Bion Griffin,Bion Griffin,Michiko Intoh,Emile Keane,Patrick V. Kirch,Kuang-Ti Li,Michael J Morwood,Lolita M. Pedriña,Philip Piper,Ryan Rabett,Peter Shooter,Gert Van den Bergh,Eric West,Stephen Wickler,Jing Yuan,Alan Cooper,Keith Dobney +33 more
TL;DR: Archeological and genetic evidence shows these pigs were certainly introduced to islands east of the Wallace Line, including New Guinea, and that so-called “wild” pigs within this region are most likely feral descendants of domestic pigs introduced by early agriculturalists.
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Late colonization of East Polynesia
Matthew Spriggs,Atholl Anderson +1 more
TL;DR: In a recent ANTIQUITY article (65: 767-95) Anderson presented a detailed analysis of radiocarbon dates to show that the settlement of New Zealand occurred later than previously thought as discussed by the authors.
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Direct evidence for human use of plants 28,000 years ago: starch residues on stone artefacts from the northern Solomon Islands
TL;DR: Wickler and Spriggs as mentioned in this paper reported the earliest direct evidence for the prehistoric use of root vegetables, in the form of starch grains and crystalline raphides identifiable to genus.
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The dating of the Island Southeast Asian Neolithic: an attempt at chronometric hygiene and linguistic correlation
TL;DR: In this region, the Neolithic traces are artefacts interpreted as being linked to agriculture, rather than direct finds of agricultural crops, which are rare in Island Southeast Asia as discussed by the authors.