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 |
Analysis Sheets
PVC Op 177 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVC Op 178 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVC Op 187 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVC Op 18G, 18BA, 18BB, 18BC, 18BD Ceramic Analyses Sheets 2018, Patricia Urban
PVC Op 18G, 18N, 18O, 18AC Ceramic Analyses 2022, Patricia Urban
PVC Op 193 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVC Op 194 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVC Op 195 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVC Op 196 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVC Op 19T-014 Ceramic Analysis Sheet 2022, Patricia Urban
PVC Op 25 and 26 Osteological Analyses, Carrie Berryman
PVC-Op 37-2004-Ceramic Analysis, Patricia Urban
PVC-Op 37-2004-Ceramic Analysis, Patricia Urban
PVC Op 41B/031 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black
PVC Op 53 and 54 Ceramic Analyses Test Pits, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVC-Op 53 and 54 Test Pits-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVC Osteological Analyses, Anna Novotny and Carrie Berryman
PVC-Petoa Surface Collection-CeramicAnalysis, Patricia Urban
PVN 137AF/005 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black
PVN 168 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead
PVN 202AX/013 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black
PVN 202BD/017 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black
PVN 202BN/024 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black
PVN 202CC/018 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black
PVN and PVC Catalog Paste Descriptions, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec
PVN-Bajareque Notes-1990, Patricia Urban
PVN-C14-202-AB-053, Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramic Analyses-Op 10-Type Descriptions from specific lots, Patricia Urban
PVN Ceramic Analyses, Op 11A-H, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN-Ceramic Analyses-Op 11-Metrics from specific lots, Patricia Urban
PVN Ceramic Analyses, Op 12, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN-Ceramic Analyses-Op 12-Metrics from specific lots, Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramic Analyses-Op 13-Metrics from specific lots, Patricia Urban
PVN Ceramic Analyses Op 14, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN Ceramic Analyses Op 15, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN Ceramic Analyses Op 16, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN Ceramic Analyses Op 18, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN Ceramic Analyses Op 19, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN Ceramic Analyses Op 20, Marne Ausec, Edward Schortman, and Patricia Urban
PVN, Ceramic Analyses, Op 9B, 10A, L, U, V, Patricia Urban
PVN Ceramic Analyses Sheets Op 21, Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramics-NAA Analyses-1991, Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramics-Op 128-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramics-Op 13-Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramics-Op16Q-Lot 16Q 30-Ceramic Analysis, Patricia Urban
PVN -Ceramics-Op 175-Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-Ceramics-Op 18H-Lot 18H-076, Patricia Urban
PVN-Ceramics-Op 28-Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec
PVN-Ceramics-Op 36-Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec
PVN-Ceramics-Op 55-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVN Ceramics Preliminary Temporal Assessments by Lot, Patricia Urban
PVN-CER-AN-410-B-001, Matthew Turek and Patricia Urban
PVN-CER-AN-410-B-003, Matthew Turek and Patricia Urban
PVN-CER-AN-410-B-014, Matthew Turek and Patricia Urban
PVN-CER-AN-410-B-023, Matthew Turek and Marne Ausec
PVN-CER-AN-410-B-026, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-B-027, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-004, Matthew Turek and Patricia Urban
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-009, Matthew Turek and Marne Ausec
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-019, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-020, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-026, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-027, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-031, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-C-038, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-D-010, Matthew Turek and Patricia Urban
PVN-CER-AN-410-D-015, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-D-027, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-001, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-002, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-003, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-005, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-006, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-009, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-E-021, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-F-001, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-F-002, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-F-003, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-F-005, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-F-008, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-F-017, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-G-001, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-G-002, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-G-014, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-001, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-003, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-004, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-015, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-022, Marne Ausec
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-023, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-H-036, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-I-015, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-I-016, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-I-017, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-I-019, Patricia Urban and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-410-I-029, Marne Ausec and Matthew Turek
PVN-CER-AN-411-B-002, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison
PVN-CER-AN-411-B-003, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison
PVN-CER-AN-411-B-049, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison
PVN-CER-AN-411-B-056, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison