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# Dr. Joe Watkins, Lead Archaeologist
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/movies/time-team-america-search-josiah-henson/extras/time-team-america-meet-joe-watkins-lead-archaeologist/
- Published: 2025-05-02T19:05:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-07T23:07:57.000Z
- Description: Joe brings over 40 years of experience to the Time Team as lead archaeologist.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Search for Josiah Henson, #ZZZ_Show_7a173a56-dacd-43d9-8960-5a4f51db7cc2, #hide, #v1.3, #ZZZ_Extra_c2f753ea-d07a-466a-8724-40c7a07392e9, #movie-extra

Currently the Director of the Native American Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Joe Watkins is a Choctaw Indian and one of only a small group of American Indians with a Ph.D. in Archaeology. Joe has been an archaeologist for over 40 years, and he also serves as a mediator between various academic disciplines and members of Indigenous groups worldwide.