# The Long Way Home: To Oaxaca and Back with Dave Williams - Ep 35

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Podcast: [The Great Plains Archaeology Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-plains-archaeology-podcast-7021441)
Published: 2026-02-05T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
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## Resource

In this episode of The Great Plains Archaeology Podcast, Carlton sits down with Dave Williams to discuss the intellectual and professional journey that brought him from Mesoamerican archaeology in Oaxaca, Mexico, back to working across the Central Great Plains. Rather than focusing on institutional roles, this conversation centers on how archaeological training, regional perspective, and lived field experience shape how archaeologists understand place and the past.

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