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-262-I-012-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-262-I-014-001-GSB, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-016-001-FWO, Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-262-I-018-001A-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-262-I-018-016-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-262-I-018-040-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-262-I-019-003-MANO, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-020-001-MANO, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-020-002-MTE, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-021-002-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-262-I-021-003-MANO, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-022-001-LCSH, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-262-I-025-001-MTE, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-025-002-MANO, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-262-I-026-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-262-I-026-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-262-I-028-001-MTE, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-028-002-MTE, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-262-I-029-001-LCSH, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-262-I-031-001-CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-262-J-020-003-MTE, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-267-E-005-001-MTE, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-267-E-005-003-POLST, Jennifer Ehret
PVN CAT 267E-110-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-019-001 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-019-002 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-021-000 02 Net Weight, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-021-000 Net Weight, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-001 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-001 Net Weight, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-002 and 003 and 004 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT 26B-025-005, 006 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-007 Net Weight, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-008, 009, 011 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-012, 013, 014, 015 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-016, 017, 018, 019 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-020, 021 Net Weights, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-025-022 Net Weight, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-027-001 Net Weight, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-027-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-027-004 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-027-005 Censer Body, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-027-CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-037-FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-047-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-051-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-26B-051-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-005-001 CNLP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-005-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-006-001 Grater Bottom, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-007-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-010-001 Spiked Censer, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-014-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-015-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-016-002 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-018-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-025-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-028-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-038-001 STMP, Julie Miller
PVN-CAT-27A-039-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27A-040-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27B-001-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27B-002-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27B-004-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27B-005-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27B-008-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27B-025-012 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27C-005-001 BDS, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-003-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-004-001 02 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-004-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-004-004 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-004-005 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-006-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-006-002 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-007-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-013-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-014-001 MTE, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27D-017-001 HACHA, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-27D-017-002 HACHA, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-CAT-27D-018-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-007-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-007-002 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-007-003 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-007-004 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-007-005 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-011-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-011-002 PLCN, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-014-002 STMP, Julie Miller and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-014-003 CAND, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-014-004 EFLR, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-015-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-015-002 STMP, Julie Miller
PVN-CAT-27E-019-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-023-001 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-024-001 CNLP, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-025-001 FWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-026-001 CNLP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-27E-026-001 FWO, Quique Posas