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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PVN-CAT-101-C-069-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-D-007-001-CLNP, Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-D-008-001-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-D-030-001-LCSH, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-D-055-003-CNCMP, Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-D-055-004-CNMDL, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-D-067-001-MTE, Jennifer Ehret

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PVN-CAT-101-D-070-001-EFLR, Patricia Urban and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-F-044-001-MTE, Lavinia True

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PVN-CAT-101-G-009-001-FWO, Patricia Urban and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-G-009-001-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-010-003-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-G-013-001-SCNL, Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-013-002-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-018-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-G-018-004-CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-018-005-LCTH, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-G-020-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-G-032-001-LCSH, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-043-000-ENIGST, Jennifer Ehret

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PVN-CAT-101-G-050-004-FWO, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-G-051-001-ENIG, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-052-002AB-ENIG, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-052-002-ENIG, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-G-062-002-PLCN, Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-H-004-001-MTE, Jennifer Ehret

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PVN-CAT-101-H-008-001-BDS, Ellen Bell

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PVN-CAT-101-H-027-003-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-I-003-001-MANO, Jennifer Ehret

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PVN-CAT-101-I-006-001-MTE, Jennifer Ehret

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PVN-CAT-101-I-017-002-PEND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-I-024-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-I-032-001-FWO, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-I-033-001-CNMDL, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-I-047-001-ENIGST, Bevin Etheridge

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PVN-CAT-101-I-047-001-SCNL, Bevin Etheridge

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PVN-CAT-101-J-013-002-CLNP, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-J-013-003-LCSH, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-J-017-001-MTE, Jennifer Ehret

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PVN-CAT-101-J-045-001-SCNL, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-K-015-001-MANO, Stacie King

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PVN-CAT-101-K-031-002-POLST, Stacie King

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PVN-CAT-101-K-046-001-MANO, Stacie King

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PVN-CAT-101-L-016-001-SHDSK, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-L-017-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-L-019-001-GSB, Stacie King

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PVN-CAT-101-L-023-001-MANO, Stacie King

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PVN-CAT-101-L-026-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-L-026-002-LCSH, Patricia Urban and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-L-033-001-HACHA, Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-L-036-001-CNMDL, Patricia Urban and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-L-051-005-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-O-003-001-DNUTS, Lavinia True

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PVN-CAT-101-O-003-001-FWO, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-O-005-001-CAND, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax

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PVN-CAT-101-O-007-003-CLNP, Patricia Urban

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PVN-CAT-101-O-017-001-CNLP, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas

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PVN-CAT-101-O-018-001-PLCN, Patricia Urban