Education
Sprague received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He received his Ph.D from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
As a graduate student in 1964 at Washington State University, he was the field supervisor of a dig at the Palus burial site in Lyons Ferry, Washington when one of only a few known Jefferson Peace Medals was discovered.
Additionally, his dissertation, "Aboriginal burial practices in the plateau region of North America" (1967) is considered one of the best writings on the topic.
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