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 |
Drawings
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation 2 page 3 (1) Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation 2 page 3 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation 3 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation 4 page 1 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation 4 page 2 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation page 1 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 elevation page 3 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 section 2 page 1 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 section 2 page 2 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 section 2 page 3 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 section page 1 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 section page 2 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-54 section page 3 Structure 13, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-57 section Structure 9?, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-58 elevation page 1 Structure 8, Corinne Hirai
EPV DRW Op 02-58 elevation page 2 Structure 8, Corinne Hirai
EPV DRW Op 02-58 elevation page 3 Structure 8, Corinne Hirai
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 1 page 1 (1) Structure 8, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 1 page 1a Structure 8, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 1 page 2 Structure 8, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 1 page 3 Structure 8, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 1 page 4 Structure 8, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 2 page 1 Structure 8, Corinne Hirai
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 2 page 2 Structure 8, Corinne Hirai
EPV DRW Op 02-58 section 3 Structure 8, Corinne Hirai
EPV DRW Op 02-59 section 2 page 1 Structure 12, Er Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-59 section 2 page 2 (1) Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-59 section north facing Structrure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-59 section Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-60 section 1 page 1 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-60 section 1 page 2 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-60 section 1 page 3 Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-60 section (1) Structure 12, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-61 elevation A Structure 4, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 02-61 elevation V Structure 4, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section 2 page 1 Structure 4, Roberto Ramirez and Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section 2 page 2 Structure 4, Roberto Ramirez and Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section 2 page 3 Structure 4, Roberto Ramirez and Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section 2 page x Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section page 1 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section page 2 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section page 4 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW Op 02-61 section page 5 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW Op 02-62 elevation Structure 5, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 1 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 2 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 3 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 4 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 5 (1) Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 6 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 7 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-62 section page 8 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW Op 02-63 section Structure 12, Raquel Oriol
EPV DRW Op 02-64 section North Plaza test pit, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-65 section test pit, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-66 section North Plaza test pit, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-67 section test pit, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-68 section Plaza test pit, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW Op 02-69 section (4) Plaza test pit, unknown unknown
EPV DRW Op 02-70 section page 1 test pit, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW Op 02-70 section page 2 test pit, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW OP 03-05 W section Structure 1, Marcello Canuto and Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW OP 03-06 W section Structure 1, Marcello Canuto and Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW Op 03-08 section page 1 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-08 section page 2 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-08 section page 3 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-08 section south face Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-09 section E facing page 1 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-09 section E facing page 2 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-09 section E facing page 3 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-09 section page 1 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-09 section page 2 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-09 section page 3 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-10 section page 1 (1) Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-10 section page 2 (1) Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-11 section page 1 Structure 6, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-11 section page 2 Structure 6, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-11 section page 3 Structure 6, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-12 section test pit, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-13 section test pit, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-14 section north facig page 2a Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-14 section north facing page 1a Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-14 section page 1 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-14 section page 2 Structure 1, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-15 plan Structure 6, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-15 section Structure 6, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-17 section Structure 7, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-18 section Structure 7, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-19 section Structure 8, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW Op 03-20 section page 1 Structure 5, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-20 section page 2 Structure 5, Patrick Dresch
EPV DRW Op 03-21 section Structure 8, Clarissa Cagnato
EPV DRW OP 04-03 N section test pit, Pamela Geller
EPV DRW OP 04-03 Plan 01 test pit, Pamela Geller
EPV DRW OP 04-03 Plan 02 test pit, Ellen Bell
EPV DRW OP 04-03 W section test pit, Pamela Geller
EPV DRW OP 04-04-07 Plan Structure 1, Jonathan Bettin
EPV DRW OP 04-04 N section 01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales and Jonathan Bettin
EPV DRW OP 04-04 N section 02 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales and Jonathan Bettin
EPV DRW OP 04-04 Plan of toba Structure 1, Ellen Bell