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 |
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Scholarship
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Drawings
PVN-DRW-042-C-Stra 1A-34-section B, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-042-E-Str 1A-34-Burial Plan, Allison Dietz
PVN-DRW-042-Str 1A-32-Excavation Plan, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-042-Str 1A-32-Sketch Plan, Allison Deitz
PVN-DRW-042-Str 1A-34-Excavation Plan, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-043-A B C-Detailed Plans, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-A B C D-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-043-A B C D-Soil Profiles, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-A-Str 43-1-Detailed Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-A-Str 43-1-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-A-Str 43-1-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-B-Str 43-2-Detailed Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-B-Str 43-2-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-B-Str 43-2-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-C-Str 43-3-Feature Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-C-Str 43-3-Feature Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-C-Str 43-3-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-D-Str 1C-1-Detailed Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-D-Str 1C-1-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-D-Str 1C-1-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-E-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-E-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-E F-Central Depression-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-F-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-F-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-F-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-F-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-F-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-F-Central Depression-section, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-G-Test Pits-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-G-Test Pits-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-I J K L M-SE Borrow Pit Strs AN AO-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-043-I J K-SE Borrow Pit-Excavation Unit Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-I J-K-SE Borrow Pit-Excavation Unit Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-I-SE Borrow Pit-section, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-I-SE Borrow Pit-section, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-I-Test Pits-SE Borrow Pit-sections, Beverly Shade
PVN-DRW-043-J-SE Borrow Pit-section, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-J-SE Borrow Pit-section, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-K, M-SE Borrow Pit and Str AN-Excavation Unit Plan, Beverly Shade
PVN-DRW-043-K-SE Borrow Pit-section, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-L-Str AO-Detailed Feature Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-043-Map of OP 43, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-Str 43-3-Excavation Unit Plan, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-043-Test Pits, Christian Wells
PVN-DRW-046-A-Str 187-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-046-B, F, G, I, J-Str 188-Excavation Units Plan, Elizabeth Laine
PVN-DRW-046-G, I-Str 188-section, Elizabeth Laine
PVN-DRW-046-J-Str 203-Detailed Architectural Plan, Robert Johnston
PVN-DRW-046-K-Str 187-Excavation Unit Plan, Elizabeth Laine
PVN-DRW-046-K-Str 203-Detailed Architectural Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-046-M-Str 190-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-046-M-Str 190-section 2, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-046-N-Str 190-Detailed Excavation Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-046-N-Str 190-section A, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-046-N-Str 190-section B, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-046-N-Str 190-section C, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-046-Str 187-Detailed Excavation Plan, Elizabeth Laine
PVN-DRW-046-Str. 190-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-046-Str 203-Detailed Excavation Plan, Robert Johnston
PVN-DRW-046-Str 203-Detailed Excavation Plan, Robert Johnston
PVN-DRW-046-Str 203-Detailed Excavation Plan, Robert Johnston
PVN-DRW-046-Str 203-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-046-Strs 187, 188-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-A B D E G J K-Str 41 and 71-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-A B D E G J K-Str 41 and 71-Excavation Unit Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B G J-Str 41A, 41A-Sketch Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B G J-Str 41A, 41B-Detailed Sketch Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B-Str 41A, 41B-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B-Str 41A, 41B-Sketch Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B-Str 41A, 71D-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B, Str 41A-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-A B-Str 41B-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-B-Str 41A-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-C F H I L M N O P Q-Str 38, 39, 90-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-C F I-Str 38-Excavation Unit Plan, April Hanneline
PVN-DRW-053-C F I-Str 39-Detailed Sketch Plan, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-C H-Str 38-Detailed Sketch Plan, April Hanneline
PVN-DRW-053-C H-Str 38-section, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-C-Str 38-Detailed Sketch Plan, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-D E-Str 71A, 71B, 71C-section, Bevin Etheridge
PVN-DRW-053-D E-Str 71A, 71B, 71C-Sketch Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-D F-Str 38, 39-section, April Hanneline
PVN-DRW-053-D K-Str 71A-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-F I-Str 39-section, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-F I-Str 39-section, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-F I, Str 39-Sketch Plan, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-G-Strv 41B-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-K-Str 71A-Feature Plan, Bevin Etheridge
PVN-DRW-053-L-Str 90-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-M N O P Q-Str 90-Excavation Unit Plan, April Haneline
PVN-DRW-053-M-Str 90-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-Str 41B-section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-053-Str 71A, 71B, 71C-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-Str 71B-Detailed Burial Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-Str 71B-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-053-Str 71-Detailed Burial Plan, Bevin Etheridge
PVN-DRW-053-Str 71-Sketch Plan, Bevin Etheridge
PVN-DRW-053-Str 71-Sketch Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-055-AA-Str 81-section, Brian Kneeland