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 02-73 E-W Section Page 2b Structure 4, Roberto Ramirez and Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 02-73 E-W Section Page 3a Structure 4, Roberto Ramirez and Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 02-73 E-W Section Page 3b Structure 4, Roberto Ramirez and Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 02-73 N-S Section Page 01 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-73 N-S Section Page 04 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-73 Section Page 01 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-73 Section Page 02 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-73 Section Page 03 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-73 Section Page 04 Structure 4, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-74 EU Map Page 01 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-74 EU Map Page 02 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-74-Profile Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-74 Section Page 01 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-74 Section Page 02 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-74 Section Page 03 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-74 Section Page 04 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-75 Scan1 Part 1 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-75 Scan1 Part 2 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-75 Scan2 Part 1 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-75 Scan2 Part 2 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-75 Scan2 Part 3 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-75 Scan2 Part 4 (1) Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-76 Scan Part 1 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-76 Scan Part 2 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-76 Scan Part 3 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-77-profile Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-77 Section Page 01 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-77 Section Page 02 Structure 6, Erlend Johnson
EPV DRW 02-78 Scan (1) Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-79 Scan Part 1 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-79 Scan Part 2 Structure 5, Thomas Gonyea
EPV DRW 02-80, 81, 82 sections Page 01 Test pits, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 02-80, 81, 82 sections Page 02 TEST PITS, Whitney Goodwin
EPV DRW 03-22 str6 east wall Structure 6, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-22 str6 Structure 6, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-23 str7 east wall Structure 7, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-23 str7 south wall Structure 7, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-24 east wall Page 01 Structure 8, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 03-24 east wall Page 02 Structure 8, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 03-24 str8 north wall Structure 8, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-25 str11 east wall Structure 11, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-25 str11 Structure 11, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-26 Eastern Profile Str14 EUAB Structure 14, Pamela Geller
EPV DRW 03-26 Southern Profile Str14 EUA Structure 14, Pamela Geller
EPV DRW 03-28 str15 east wall Structure 15, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-28 str15 north wall Structure 15, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-29 str15 east wall Structure 15, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-29 str15 north wall Structure 15, Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-30 North Profile EUB Str14 Structure 14, Pamela Geller
EPV DRW 03-30 str14 north wall EUA Structure 14, Pamela Geller and Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-30 West Profile Str14 Structure 14, Pamela Geller and Mary Hostenske
EPV DRW 03-31 Section (2) Structure 9, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW 03-32 Section Structure 12, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW 03-33 Section Structure 16, Roberto Ramirez
EPV DRW 04-04 EP 014 A pencil Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 04-10 EP 006 pencil Sculpture Structures 4, 5, 9, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 04-10 Op xx-xx-xx S-001 EP ground stone metate Structures 4, 5. 9, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-05 EP 020 top view pencil Sculpture El Paraiso, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-06 EP 003 pencil El Paraiso, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 009 A ink frontal view Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 009 A ink side view Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 009 A pencil 1 Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 013 pencil different artist Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 013 pencil Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 020 frontal view pencil Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 021 ink sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 021 pencil sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-08 EP 20 side view Sculpture Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-09 Lithics Image 02 Structure 1, unknown unknown
EPV DRW 05-14 Plan Page01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-14 Plan Page02 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-14 Section Page01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 EU AD Section Page 1a Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 EU AD Section Page 1b Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 EU Plan 01 Page01 Structure1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 EU Plan 01 Page02 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 EU Plan Page01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 EU Plan Page02 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Palido elevation Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Santiagos Steps EP Str01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 02 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 03 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 04 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 06 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 07 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 08 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 09 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 10 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 11 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 12 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Plan Page 13 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 01 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 02 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 03 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 04 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 05 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 07 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 09 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales
EPV DRW 05-15 Str01 E-W Section Page 11 Structure 1, Santiago Escobar Morales