History of Research
The Four Valleys Archive consists of all records resulting from archaeological investigations conducted from 1983-2022 across 180km2 (ca. 70 miles2) within five distinct drainages in northwestern and western Honduras. These basins include: the Naco valley along the Chamelecon river; the lower Cacaulapa drainage, a tributary of the Chamelecon situated 9km southwest of the Naco Valley; the middle Chamelecon valley, linking the Naco and lower Cacaulapa valleys; the middle Ulua river basin ca. 40km south of the Naco valley; and, the El Paraíso valley lying 93 km to the southwest of Naco and 27 km northeast of the lowland Maya center of Copan. The materials recorded in the course of this work span three millennia (1200BC-AD1532). The archive contains data pertaining to the configurations, sizes, and locations of more than 900 sites recorded on survey along with the results of excavations at over 180 settlements and the analysis of roughly one million artifacts.
Types of Data
| Analysis Sheets | Catalog Sheets | Drawings |
| Excavation Reports | Field Notes | Lot Cards |
| Ulua Lot Cards | Photographs | Readouts |
| Season Reports | Survey Reports | Theses |
See our guide for more ways to navigate the collection.
Scholarship
| Posters |
Catalog Sheets
PVN CAT 11F-003-001 Pierced Sherd Disk, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-003-002 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-012 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-021-001 MTE, unknown unknown
PVN CAT 11F-021-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-025-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-027-002 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-027-003 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-028 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-029-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-029-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-030-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-031-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-032-001 MTE, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11F-032-002 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-032-003 MTE, unknown unknown
PVn CAt 11F-032-004 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-032 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-033-002 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11F-037-001 MTE, unknown unknown
PVN CAT 11F-083-001 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11G-001-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-001-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-001-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-003-004 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-003 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11G-005-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-005-002 FWO, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-005-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-006-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-006-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-007-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-008-001 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-008-002 LCSH, unknown unknown
PVN CAT 11G-008-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-009-001 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-010-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-010 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-010 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-014-001 LCTH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-017-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-017-001 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11G-017-002 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-017-003 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-017-004 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-021-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-021-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-021-002 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-022-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-027-001 MTE, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-027-001 MTE_001, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-028-002 MTE, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-029-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-029-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-029-004 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-034-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-034-001 CAND 02, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-034 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11G-035-001 MTE, Sylvia Smith and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-035 CNMDL, Edward Mark Schortman and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-071-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-075-005 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-088-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11G-29-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-001-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-001-001 SCNL 02, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-004-001 FWO, Edward Mark Schortman and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-006-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-006-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-010-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-013-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-013-002 Tooth, Julie Miller
PVN CAT 11H-015-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-017-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-018-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-002 LCSH 02, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-003 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-004 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-005 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-006 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-008 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-009 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-010 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-020-011 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-021-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-021-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-021-002 STMP, Julie Miller
PVN CAT 11H-022-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-022-002 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-022-003 STMP, Julie Miller and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-023-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-026-001 CNLP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11H-027-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-120-AA-020-004-PEND, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-120-AB-011-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-120-AC-002-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-120-AC-071-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-120-AD-009-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas