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 11C-014-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-018-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-023-001 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-027-001 MANO, unknown unknown
PVN CAT 11C-028-007 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-030-001 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11C-030-001 MTE_001, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-030-002 MANO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-033-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-033-002 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-034-001 CAND, Patricia Urban
PVN CAT 11C-037-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11C-044-001 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11D-002-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-002-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-002-003 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-004-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-001 FWO-02, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-004 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-005 PEND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-006 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-010 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-010 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-005-010 LCSH_001, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-001 PEND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-004 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-006 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-007 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-008 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-011 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006-012 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-006 FWO, Sonya Kane
PVN CAT 11D-006 FWO_001, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-007-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-007-001 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11D-007 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-008-018 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-008-019 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-009-002 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-012-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-012-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-012-002 FWO 02, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-012-002 FWO 03, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-012-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-012-030 FWO, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-013-003 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-014-001 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11D-014-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-014-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-014-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-016-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-017-005 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-018-001 STMP, Julie Miller and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-019-001 STMP, Sonya Kane
PVN CAT 11D-019-002 CNMDL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-019-004 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-019-005 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-019-006 EFLR, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-020-001 CNLP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-020-002 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-020 PEND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-022-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-023-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-027-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-027-001 STMP, Sonya Kane and David Schafer
PVN CAT 11D-027 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-027 CAND 02, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-027 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-028-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-028-002 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-028-002 FWO_001, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-028-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-029-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-029-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-029-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-029-003 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-029-005 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-031-001 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-033-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-034-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-036-001 BONE AWL, Julie Miller
PVN CAT 11D-038-001 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-039-002 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-039-003 CNLP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-040-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-040-001 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 11D-040-001 MTE 02, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-041-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-042-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-043-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-043-001 HACHA, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-044-001 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-044-002 MANO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-047-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-050-003 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-051-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-055-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 11D-057-020 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas