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
PSB Subop 25L, M Excavation Plan Structures 15, 16, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 25L Section Structure 16, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 25L Section Structure 16, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 25N, O Excavation Plan Structure 11, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 25N Section Structure 11, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 25N Section Structure 11, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 25O Section Structure 11, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 26B, C, D, E, F, G Excavation Plan Structures 5, 8, 9, 10, 16, Jullie Miller
PSB Subop 26B Section Structure 8, Colleen Siders
PSB Subop 26C Section Structure 8, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 26D Elevation Structure 5, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 26D Section Structure 5, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 26D Section Structure 5, Jullie Miller
PSB Subop 26E Section Structure 16, Colleen Siders
PSB Subop 26F Section Structure 9, Earl Sissell
PSB Subop 26G Section Structure 10, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 27B, C Excavation Plan Structure 1, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 27B Section Structure 1, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 27B Section Structure 1, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 27C Section_001 Structure 1, Alexander Pezatti
PSB Subop 27C Section Structure 1, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 27C Section Structure 1, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 27D Detailed Plan Structure 7, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 27D Plan Structure 7, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 27D Section Structure 7, Alexander Pezatti
PSB Subop 27E Section Structure 3, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 27E Section Structure 3, Jullie Miller
PSB Subop 300C Special Deposit 2 Elevation, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 300C Special Deposit 2 Plan-1, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 301D Section, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 308B Special Deposit 2 Plan, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 308C Special Deposit 1 Plan-2, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 309B Section, Daniel Brennan
PSB Subop 310B Section, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 310C Specal Deposit 1 Plan, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 312D Section, Daniel Brennan
PSB Subop 319D Section, Thomas Melchionne
PSB Subop 31B Section Structure 7, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 31B Section Structure 7, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 31C Section Structure 1, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 31C Section Structure 1, Alec Harris
PSB Subop 31D Section-1 Structure 5, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 31D Section Structure 5, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 31E Section-1 Structure 6, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 31E Section Structure 6, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 320E Elevation, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 320H Special Deposit 2 Plan, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 320J Section, Thomas Melchionne
PSB Subop 325B, C, D Excavation Plan Structures 6, 10, 11, Colleen Siders
PSB Subop 325C Section Structure 11, Colleen Siders
PSB Subop 325D Section Structure 10, Marie Hamilton
PSB Subop 328B, C, D Excavation Plan-1, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 328B Section-1, Thomas Melchionne
PSB Subop 328E Section, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 330B, C, D, E, F Sections Test Pits, Thomas Melchionne
PSB Subop 33B Section Structure 11, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 33B Section Structure 11, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 33C Elevation Structure 9, Jeffrey Hendricks
PSB Subop 33C Section Structure 9, Jeffrey Hendricks
PSB Subop 33D Section Structure 1, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 33D Section Structure 1, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 33E Section Structure 1, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 33G Section Structure 1, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 33G Section Structure 1, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 33H Section Structure 6, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 33H Section Structure 6, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 34B Section Structure 5, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 34B Section Structure 5, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 34C Section Structure 14, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 34C Section Structure 14, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 350I Special Deposit 1 Plan, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 350I Special Deposit 2 Plan, Julie Benyo
PSB Subop 3A Elevation Gualjoquito Group I Plaza-1, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 3A Group I Gualjoquito Plaza Section, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 3A Plan Gualjoquito Group I Plaza, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 3A Plan Gualjoquito Group I Plaza_02, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 3A Section Gualjoquito Group I Plaza-1, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 3B Plan Gualjoquito, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 3C, 3D, 3L, 3O, Structure 1, Gualoquito, Inked Section, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 3E, 3G, 3J, 3K, 3M, 3O Inked Secyion, Structure 5, Gualjoquito, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 4A Section Structure 24, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 4B Gualjoquito Structure 23, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 4B Section Gualjoquito Structure 23, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 4C Lot 3 Plan of pot and shells Gualjoquito Test Pit, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 4C Plan of pot Special Deposit 5 Gualjoquito Test Pit, Wendy Ashmore
PSB Subop 509 Inked Map, John Weeks
PSB Subop 51B Elevation Structure 9, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 51B Section Structure 9, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 51B, Special Deposit 1 Plan,Structure 9, Patricia Urban
PSB Subop 51C Section Structure 8, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 51D Section Structure 1, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB Subop 52B, C, D, E, F Excavation Plan-1 Structures 6, 7, 8, 9, Jullia Miller
PSB Subop 52B, D, E Excavation Plan Structures 7 and 9, Julie Miller
PSB Subop 52B Elevation Structure 9, Kathleen Mclaren
PSB Subop 52B Section_001 Structure 9, Kathleen Mclaren
PSB Subop 52B Section Structure 9, Kathleen Mclaren
PSB Subop 52B Section Structure 9, Kathleen Mclaren
PSB Subop 52C Section-1 Structure 6, Kathleen Mclaren
PSB Subop 52C Section Structure 6, Kathleen Mclaren
PSB Subop 52D Elevation_001 Structure 9, Kathleen Mclaren