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 12C-001-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-001-003 FWO, Marne Ausec
PVN CAT 12C-001-003 FWO 02, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-003 Tooth, Lisa Collins
PVN CAT 12C-015-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-017-001 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-017-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-017-003 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-017-004 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-019-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-019-002 MANO, unknown unknown
PVN CAT 12C-025-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-025-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-025-026 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-027-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-027-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-028-001 Censer Bodies, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-030-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-030-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-030-003 CNMDL Cacao Pod, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12C-033-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-003-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-003-001 LCSH 02, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-004-002 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-006-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-006-001 STMP, Julie Miller and Theodore Neff
PVN CAT 12D-006-002 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-007-001 PEND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-010-001 CNLP Modeled, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-010-002 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-010-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-010-004 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-013-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-015-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12D-044-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-001-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-002-001 CAND, Patricia Urban
PVN CAT 12F-006-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-009-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-009-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-009-002 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-009-003 SHDSK Pierced, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-010-001 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-010-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12F-011-001 EFLR, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12G-004-001 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12G-004-002 MANO, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN CAT 12G-008-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12G-018-001 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12H-001-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 12H-001-001 STMP, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-001-005 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-001b FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-001 FWO, Patricia Whooley and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-002 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-003 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-004 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-007 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-008 CNLP, Heather Mahan
PVN CAT 13A-003-008 SCNL, Patricia Urban
PVN CAT 13A-003-010 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-011 PLCN, Marne Ausec
PVN CAT 13A-003-012 SHDSK pierced, Richard Goebbel and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-014 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-015 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-017 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-018 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-020 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-021 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-003-022 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posa
PVN CAT 13A-004-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-003 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-005 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-006 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-007A LCTH, Theodore Neff
PVN CAT 13A-004-007 LCTH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-008 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-009 PLCN, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-010 PLCN, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-011 SCLN, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-004-100 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-005-001 STMP, Julie Miller and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-006-001 FWO, Sonya Kane and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-007-004 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-007-005 SCNL, Sylvia Smith
PVN CAT 13A-007-006 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-007-007 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-007-008 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-008-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-008-001 FWO 02, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-008-002 PEND, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-008-004 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-008-005 SCNL, Patricia A. Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-008-006 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-012-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-013-005 FWO, Patricia Whooley
PVN CAT 13A-013-010 FWO, Lisa Collins
PVN CAT 13A-013-011 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 13A-014-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas