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.

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Catalog Sheets

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PSB CAT 2B-001-001 HACHA, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 2B-008-001 MTE, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 2B-009-001 MTE, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 2B-009-002 MANO, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 2B-012-001 Biface, Jeffrey Hendricks

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PSB CAT 2B-013-001 Rock Crysytal, Sylvia Smith

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PSB CAT 2B-014-1 Bark Beater Gualjoquito, Sylvia Smith

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PSB CAT 2B-018-001 BRKBTR, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 2C-008-001 MTE, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 2C-014-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 2C-014-002 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 2C-014-004 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 2C-014-005 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 2C-014-3 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 2D-002-001 SCNL, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 300A-001-001 SCNL, Sylvia Smith

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PSB CAT 300A-001-002 SCNL, Sylvia Smith

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PSB CAT 300A-002-001 CAND, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 300A-002-001 MTE, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 300B-001-001 SCNL, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 300B-001-002 SCNL, Meghan Hayes

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PSB CAT 300B-002-002-LCSH, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 300B-003-001 MANO, Brenda Ratini

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PSB CAT 300B-003-001 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 300B-008-001a MANO, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 300B-008-001 MANO, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 300D-001-001 CAND, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 300D-002-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 300D-004-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 300F-005-001 CAND, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 300F-005-002-MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 300F-015-001 SCNL, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 300G-003-002 BDS, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 302K-005-001 MTE, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 307B-001-001 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 307B-004-001 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 308B-009-003a SCNL, Marta Johnson

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PSB CAT 308B-009-003b SCNL, Marta Johnson

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PSB CAT 308B-009-026 SCNL, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 308B-009-029 SCNL, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 308B-022-002 SCNL, Sylvia Smith

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PSB CAT 308B-033-002 Hacha, Victoria Paine

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PSB CAT 308B-033-003 CAND, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 308C-002-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 308C-016-001 MANO, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 310B-009-007 BRKBTR, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 310B-013-001 LCSH, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 310C-003-001 Stone Ornament Structure 7, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 315A-001-001 MTE, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 319D-005-001 PLCN, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 31E-002-001 PLCN, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 31E-002-002 SCNL, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 31E-003-001 PLCN, Kathleen Mclaren

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PSB CAT 31E-003-002 SCNL, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 31E-003-003 PLCN, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 31E-006-001 CAND, Alexander Pezatti

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PSB CAT 31E-006-002 CAND-, Alexander Pezatti

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PSB CAT 320D-001-011 PLCN, Brenda Ratini

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PSB CAT 320D-002-001 MTE, Victoria Paine

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PSB CAT 320D-002-002-MTE, Victoria Paine

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PSB CAT 320D-004-001 CNLP Modeled, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 320D-007-003 MTE, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 320D-008-001 MTE, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 320D-009-001 LCTH, Sylvia Smith and unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 320D-009-002 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 320D-010-002 MTE, Marie Hamilton

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PSB CAT 320D-010-002 MTE-1, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 320D-010-003 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 320D-011-002 PLCN, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 320E-021-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 320G-004-001 SCNL, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 320G-004-003 CNCMPBMDL, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 320I-003-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 322A-001-001 Obsidian core, Jeffrey Hendricks

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PSB CAT 322A-001-002 Obsidian Core, Jeffrey Hendricks

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PSB CAT 323A-001-001 Biface, Jeffrey Hendricks

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PSB CAT 323A-001-002 Projectile Point, Jeffrey Hendricks

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PSB CAT 323A-001-003 Obsidian Core, Jeffrey Hendricks

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PSB CAT 325B-004-001 LCSH, Marie Hamilton

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PSB CAT 325B-005-001 CNCMP, Marta Johnson

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PSB CAT 325B-005-016 Unscored Censer Lid, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 325D-004-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban

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PSB CAT 328A-001-001 MANO, Alec Harris

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PSB CAT 328A-002-001 Obsidian Core, Victoria Paine

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PSB CAT 328A-003-001 MANO 02, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328A-003-002 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328A-003-003 WKST, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328A-003-004 WKST, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328A-003-005 WKST, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328A-003-006 WKST, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328A-003-007 WKST, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328B-003-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328D-003-001 MTE, Thomas Melchionne

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PSB CAT 328 SCNL, Marta Johnson

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PSB CAT 32A-003-001 MET, Wendy Ashmore

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PSB CAT 334 B-004-001 BDS, Marta Johnson

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PSB CAT 334B-017-001 PLCN, unknown unknown

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PSB CAT 334B-017-001 SCNL, Colleen Siders

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PSB CAT 334C-003-020 CAND, Sylvia Smith

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PSB CAT 334C-006-001CNSPK, Colleen Siders