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-108-E-043-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-108-E-044-001-CLYBAL, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-108-E-046-001-CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-108-E-046-002-CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-108-E-046-003-MANO, John Douglass
PVN-CAT-108-E-046-004-MANO, Ellen Bell
PVN-CAT-108-E-052-000-CNCMP, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-108-F-001-000-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-108-F-002-001-PLCN, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-108-F-002-002-FWO, Patricia Urban and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-108-F-003-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-108-I-001-001-DNUTS, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-108-K-001-000-POLST, Ellen Bell
PVN-CAT-108-K-003-000-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN CAT 10A-012-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10A-012-002 SCNL_001, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10A-019-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10B-001-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10C-017-002 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10D-003 DNUTS, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 10I-002-001 BONE, Julie Miller
PVN CAT 10I-005-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10I-013-002 LCSH, Patricia Urban
PVN CAT 10I-013-005 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-001-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-001-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-001-002 SCNL 02, Sonya Kane and Patricia Whooley
PVN CAT 10L-001-008 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-004-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-005-001 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 10L-006 Biface, Richard Goebbel
PVN CAT 10L-007-001 STMP, Julie Miller and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-017-001 EFLR, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-017-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-017-003 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-017-005 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-017-006 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10L-018 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 10L-020-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10N-001-001 MTE, unknown unknown
PVN CAT 10N-001-001 MTE 02, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-003 CNMDL, Edward Mark Schortman and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-004 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-005 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-006 UNSCORED CENSER LID, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-007 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-009 CNMDL, Edward Mark Schortman and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-010 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-011 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-012 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-013 Censer Body, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-014 CNMDL, Edward Mark Schortman and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-015 CNMDL, Edward Mark Schortman and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-016 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-017 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-018 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-019 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-020 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-021a CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-021 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-022 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-023 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-024 Censer Body, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-025 Censer Body, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-026 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-028 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10U-001-029 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10V-001-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10V-001-002 CNCMP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 10V-001-003 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-110A-001-001 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-112-AJ-001-001-FWO, Ellen Bell
PVN-CAT-112-AL-001-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-112-AL-001-010-LCSH, Ann Tutton and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-112-AL-011-010-CNMDL, Krista Miller and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-112-AL-013-002-CAND, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-112-AM-002-000-DNUTS, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-112-BJ-001-001-CNMDL, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-112-BP-002-001-FWO, Ellen Bell
PVN-CAT-112-C-002-001-SCNL, Christopher Varga
PVN-CAT-112-CO-001-000-MTE, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-112-DE-004-000-MTE, Laura Aldrete
PVN-CAT-112-E-057-002-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-112-LE-002-000-FWO, Ellen Bell and Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-112-M-002-001-POLST, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-112-T-002-001-DNUTS, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-113-000-000 MTE, unknown unknown
PVN-CAT-113B-002-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113B-005-001 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113B-006-000 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-113B-006-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113B-008-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-003-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-004-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-008-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-008-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-009-001 SHDSK Pierced, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-009-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-113C-009-003 SCNL, Quique Posas