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
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 26B-Str 138-Section, Christian Wells
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 26B-Str 138-Section, Christian Wells
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 26B-Str 138-Section, Christian Wells
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 26B-Str 238-Section, Christian Wells
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 26B-Test Pits-Section, Christian Wells
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29A, B, C, D-Strs 161 and 163-Excavation Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29A, B, D-Str 163-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29AB-Str 156-Section, Georlin Thorne
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29AC-Str 165-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29CB, CC, CD, CE, CF, CG, CH-Str 151-Excavation Unit Plan, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29CB-Str 151-Section, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29CB-Str 151-Section-Traced, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29CI, CJ, CK, Str 159-Excavation Unit Plan, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29CI-Str 159-Section, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29C-Str 161-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 151-Section, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 151-Section-Traced, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 151-Sketch Plan, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 151-Sketch Plan, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 156-Detailed Excavation Plan, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 156-Section, Georlin Thorne
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 159-Section, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 29-Str 165-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 31A, B-Str 173-Section, Adam Taplin
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 31G, H, Str 174-Section, Adam Taplin
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 31-Strs 173, 174-excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36AA, AB, AC, AD, AE-Platform-Detailed Excavation Plan, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36AA-Platform-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A, B, C, D-Str 223 and 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A, B, C, D-Str 223 and 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A, B, C, D-Str 223 and 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A, B, C, D-Str 223 and 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A, B, C, D-Str 223 and 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A, B-Str 224-Excavation Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A-Str 224-Feature Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36A-Str 224-Feature Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36C-Str 223-Excavation Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36E-Str 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 36E-Str 224-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37, 39, Strs 218, 220-Sections, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37A-Strs 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op37B, E-Str 204-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op37C-Str 204-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37D, H, I, J-Str 247-Section, Alexander Matlack
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op37D, H, I, J-Str 247-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37I-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37J-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37K-Str 232-Section, Brandon Liverence
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37L-Str 232-Section, Brandon Liverence
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37L-Str 232-Section, Brandon Liverence
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Detailed Excavation Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Elevation, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Elevation, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Elevation, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 220-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 37-Str 247-Sketch Plan, Alexander Matlack
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39A, B-Str 218-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39A, B-Str 218-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39A, B-Str 218-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39A, B-Str 218-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39A, B, Str 218-Section, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39E, F-Str 213-Section, Adam Taplin
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39E, F-Str 213-Section, Adam Taplin
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39G, H-Str 222-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39 Str 213, 221, 222, 282, Op 41 Str 209, 210, 212-Excavation Map, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 218-Detailed Feature Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 218-Detailed Feature Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 221-Detailed Excavation Plan, David Aguilar
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 221-Section, Brandon Liverence
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 221-Section, Brandon Liverence
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 222-Detailed Excavation Plan, David Aguilar
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 282-Detailed Excavation Plan, William McFarlane
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 39-Str 282-Section, Brandon Liverence
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 3B-Str 5-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-OP 3C-Str 8-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op3 D-Str 4-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote- Op 3-Str 5-Excavation Units Plan, Christopher Monson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 40A, B-Str 208-Elevation, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 40A, B-Str 208-Section, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 40C-Str 217-Section, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 40I-Str 208-Feature Plan, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 40-Str 208-Section, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41AF, AG-Str 211-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41AF, AG-Str 211-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41B-Str 209-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41B-Str 209-section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41-Free-Standing Wall-Detailed Excavation Plan, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41-Free-Standing Wall-Detailed Excavation Plan, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41O, P-Str 210-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41R, S-Str 212-Section, Adam Taplin
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41R, S-Str 212-Section, Adam Taplin
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41-Str 209-Detailed Excavation Plan, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41-Str 210-Detailed Excavation Plan, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41-Str 211-Detailed Excavation Plan, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 41-Str 212-Detailed Excavation Plan, Adam Taplin