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
PSB CAT 98E-002-001 MANO, Thomas Melchionne
PSB CAT 98E-002-002 MTE, Thomas Melchionne
PSB CAT 98I-001-001 CNCMPBMDL, Colleen Siders
PSB CAT 9A-004 Bones, Sylvia Smith and Wendy Ashmore
PSB CAT 9B-002-001 CAND, Amy Chenoweth
PSB CAT 9B-002-002 CAND, Amy Chenoweth
PSB CAT 9B-002-003 LCSH, Wendy Ashmore and Amy Chenoweth
PSB CAT 9B-008-001 CAND, Amy Chenoweth
PSB CAT 9B-008-002 CNSPK, Sylvia Smith and Amy Chenoweth
PSB CAT 9C-004-001 SCNL, Colleen Siders
PSB Censer Types, Patricia Urban
PSB Operation Card 10A, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Operation Card 2C, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Operation Card 3K, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Operation Card 5D, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 25E Section Structure 1, Patricia A. Urban
PSB Yamala MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PSN CAT 6A-023-003 MANO, Alec Harris
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-001-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-002-SHDSK, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-003-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-004-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-005-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-006-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-006-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-007-WKDS, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-009-WKDS, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-010-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-012-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-013-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-014-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-015-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-016-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-019-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-020-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-021-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-022-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-023-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-025-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-026-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-027-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-028-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-029-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-030-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-031-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-032-LC, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-033-SHDSK, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-034-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-001-035-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-001-CNCMP, Mirasol Cortes
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-001-CNCMP, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-003-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-005-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-007-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-008-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-009-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-010-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-011-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-012-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-013-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-002-014-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-007-002-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-008-002-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-008-003-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-A-017-009-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-B-032-001-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-C-001-001-SHDSK, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-001-C-001-011-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-006-000-ENIGST, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-007-001-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-008-001-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-008-002-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-008-003-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-008-004-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-010-000-ENIGST, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-012-001-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-A-013-001-SHDSK, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-002-001-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-002-002-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-003-001-CNLP, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-005-001AB-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-005-002-CAND, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-007-001-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-010-001-LC, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-011-000-ENIGST, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-013-001-DNUTS, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-013-011-MANO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-B-015-001-HACHA, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-C-010-001-SCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-C-012-000-ENIGST, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-C-013-000-ENIGST, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-C-015-001-CNLP, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-D-003-001-WKDS, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-D-008-001-USCNL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-D-012-001-FWO, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-D-016-001-LC, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-E-004-001-MTE, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-F-006-001-SHDSK, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-F-010-001-CNMDL, Edward Schortman
PVC-CAT-002-F-013-001-LC, Edward Schortman