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
PVN-DRW-055-AB-Str 6-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-055-AB-Str 6-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-055-AF-Str 6-Detailed Burial Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-AG-Str 81-section, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-AK-Str 81-Detailed Burial Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-A-Str 5-Feature Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-E-Str 23-Detailed Architectural Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-E-Str 23-Detailed Burial Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-E-Str 23-Detailed Feature Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-E-Str 23-Detailed Feature Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-055-F-Str 79-section, Elizabeth Laine
PVN-DRW-055-G-Str 5-Artifact Feature Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-G-Str 5-Feature Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-G-Str 5-Feature Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-J K-Str 78-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-055-S-Str 78-Detailed Sketch Plan, Faye Bender
PVN-DRW-055-Str 23B-section, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Str 23-Excavation Unit Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Str 23-section, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Str 23-Sketch Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Str 5-Detailed Hearth Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-Str 5-Excavation Sketch Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-Str 5-Feature Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-Str 5-section, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-Str 6-Sketch Plan, Christine Fielding
PVN-DRW-055-Str 78- Excavation Unit Plan, Faye Bender
PVN-DRW-055-Str 78-Excavation Unit Plan, Faye Bender
PVN-DRW-055-Str 78-section, Faye Bender
PVN-DRW-055-Str 78-section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-055-Str 79-Excavation Unit Plan, Elizabeth Laine
PVN-DRW-055-Str 81-Excavation Unit Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Str 81-Sketch Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-055-Y-Detailed Feature Plan, Brian Kneeland
PVN-DRW-056-C-Stairway Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-056-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-073-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-077-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-080-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-084-A-Str 10-section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-084-A-Str 10-Structure Plan, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-084-B, E-Str 1-section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-084-C-Str 5-section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-084-D-Str 6-section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-084-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-084-F-Str 6-section, Christopher Varga
PVN-DRW-084-Inked Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-084-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-084-SW Corner-Str 1-section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-088-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-092-A-Str 6-Excavation Unit Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-A-Str 6-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-A-Str 6-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-A-Str 6-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-A-Str 6-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-Detailed Excavation Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW--092-B-Str 3-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-B-Str 3-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-C--Str 8-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-C-Str 8-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-C-Str 8-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-C-Str 8-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-C-Str 8-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-C-Str 8-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-D-Str 9-Excavation Unit Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-D-Str 9-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-D-Str 9-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-E-Str 5-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-E-Str 5-Feature Plan, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-E-Str 5-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-E-Str 5-section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-092-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-096-A-Str 96-1-Feature Plan, Laura Aldrete
PVN-DRW-096-A-Str 96-1-section, Laura Aldrete
PVN-DRW-096-B-Str 96-2-section, Laura Aldrete
PVN-DRW-096-C K-Str 96-4-section, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-096-C-Str 96-4-section, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-096-D-Str 96-5-section, Laura Aldrete
PVN-DRW-096-E-Str 96-6-section, Laura Aldrete
PVN-DRW-096-E-Str 96-6-section, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-096-F-Str 96-8-section, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-099-B-Str 1-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-C-Str 2-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-D-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-E-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-Excavation Plan, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-Excavation Plan, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-F-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-G-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-H-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-I-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-J-Test Pit-section, Julie Miller
PVN-DRW-099-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-100-Site Map, Patricia Urban