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-123EE-023-003 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123EE-024-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-EE-028-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123EE-083-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123F-003-001 FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123F-004-001 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123-FF-006-007-MTE, Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-123-FF-021-001A-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-FF-021-001B-FWO, Ellen Bell and Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-123FF-034-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123FF-036-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123FF-036-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123FF-036-003 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123FF-036-004 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123FF-040-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123FF-040-003 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123GG-005-000 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123GG-008-001 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123GG-010-001 SCLN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123J-002-001a and -011b SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123J-002-004 CNMDL, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123J-002-005 CNMDL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123-JJ-001-001-CNMDL, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123JJ-004-003 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123JJ-004-004 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123JJ-004-005 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123N-003-001 Censer Body, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123O-003-001 FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123O-003-002 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123O-003-003 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123O-004-001a SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123O-004-002 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123R-002-001 Unscored Censer Lid, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123R-003-001 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123R-004-001 02 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123R-004B-001 and -002 and --3 BONE, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-005-001 BONE, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-005-002 BONE, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-005A-001 and -002a and -002b, c, d, 003, 004 Bone, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-006-001 through -004 BONE, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-006-005 BONE, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-006-006 FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-008-001 SNAIL SHELLS, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-008-002 BONE, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123R-008-003 to -008 Bone, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123U-001-001 CNMDL, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123U-001-002 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123U-003-001 SCNL, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123U-003-002 FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123V-001-001 FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123V-001-002 PEND, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123V-001-003 HACHA, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123V-002-001 STMP, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123W-022-000 CLYBAL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-W-034-001-CNMDL, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123W-055-000 STMP Cylinder, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123X-002-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-X-002-002-SCNL, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-X-002-003A-PEND, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-X-002-003B-PEND, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123X-005-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-X-008-001-FWO, Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-123-X-008-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-123-X-010-001-MTE, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-123-X-014-001-LCTH, John Douglass and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123X-019-000 Adorno, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123X-019-000 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-X-020-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-123X-031-000 MTE, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-123-Y-008-001-CNLP, Krista Miller and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-014-001 BDS, Julie Miller
PVN-CAT-123-Y-015-001-FWO, Mary Yaeger and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-020-LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-022-002 STMP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-027-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-027-003 MTE, unknown unkown
PVN-CAT-123Y-031-001 CNLP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-031-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-038-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-038-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-038-003 CNCMPB, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-038-004 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-Y-057-001A-PEND, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-Y-057-001B-PEND, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-Y-067-001A-CNMDL, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-Y-067-001B-CNMDL, Mary Yaeger and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123-Y-067-001-CNMDL, Marne Ausec and Rolando Rodriguez
PVN-CAT-123Y-068-001 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-068-002 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-068-003 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-068-004 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-068-005 CNMDL, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-123-Y-069-001-BDS, John Douglass and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-071-001SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-080-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-132-000 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-152-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-154-000 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-154-001 02 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-123Y-154-002 SCNL, Quique Posas