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-335-F-008-001-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-335-F-010-001-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-335-F-010-002-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-335-F-010-003-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-335-F-021-001-STMP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-A-057-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-002-002-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-002-003-DNUTS, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-337-B-009-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-017-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-020-001-MLDFWO, Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-B-020-002-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-022-001-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-034-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-035-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-035-002-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-036-001-LCSH, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-039-001-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-B-047-001-CLYBAL, unknown unknown
PVN-CAT-337-B-048-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-B-050-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-005-001-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-C-015-001-LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-018-001-WKST, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-018-002-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-018-003-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-019-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-027-001-SCNL, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-032-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-035-000AB-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-C-035-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-C-035-003-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-035-004-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-035-005-LCSH, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-037-001-LCSH, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-042-001-FWO, Patricia Urban and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-C-047-002-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-047-003-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-048-001-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-051-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-C-052-001-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-C-055-000-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-C-056-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-C-077-001-MLDFWO, Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-002-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-007-001-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-008-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-008-002-SCNL, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-013-001-MTE, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-337-D-021-000A-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-021-000B-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-021-000FJL-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-021-000MB-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-022-002-WKST, Jennifer Ehret
PVN-CAT-337-D-022-003-MANO, Lavinia True
PVN-CAT-337-D-025-001-SHDSK, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-029-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-032-001-HACHA, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-D-037-001-HACHA, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-037-002-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-044-001-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-D-047-001-LCSH, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-D-052-001A-MLDFWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-337-D-052-001B-MLDFWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-058-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-337-D-058-002-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-058-003-SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-D-058-004-SCNL, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-E-003-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-E-018-001-CLYBAL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-337-F-007-001-LCSH, Marne Ausec and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338A-003-001 CNCMP, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338A-003-003 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338A-003-004 Unscored Censer Lid, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338A-003-006 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338A-003-006 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338A-003-007 CAND, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338B-003-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338B-003-002 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338G-005-001 FWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338G-006-001 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-001-002 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-005-001 MLDFWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-007-001 MLDFWO, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-011-001 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-012-001 CNMDL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-014-001 LCSH, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-015-002 SCNL, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-015-003 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338H-015-004 LCSH, Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338J-001-000 EFLR, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338J-003-001 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN CAT 338J-003-002 SCNL, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-386-B-006-003-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-386-B-008-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Quique Posas
PVN-CAT-386-B-012-001-HACHA, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-386-B-021-001-FWO, Patricia Urban
PVN-CAT-386-B-032-001-FWO, Ellen Bell and Catherine Lomax
PVN-CAT-386-B-036-001-MANO, Matthew Turek
PVN-CAT-386-B-045-000-EFLR, Patricia Urban and Quique Posas