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Robert Carl Suggs [b. 1932]

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Definition: American anthropologist Robert Suggs is best known for his ethnography-backed archaeological investigations in the Marquesas Islands. Associated with the American Museum of Natural History in the 1950s and educated at Columbia University, Suggs has worked throughout Polynesia and is currently conducting research and teaching at the Windward College Institute for Hawaiian and Polynesian Studies.

This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.

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