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 53B-Str 378-Section, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA, CI, CN-Str 373 and Test Pits-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-CQ, CS, 54CA-CR-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-CQ, CS, Op 54CA-CR-Excavation Plan-Test Pits, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Feature Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Feature Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Feature Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Feature Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CA-Str 373-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CB-Str 417-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CC, CM, 54CA-Str365, 368, 369-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CC, CM-Str 368, 369-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CC-Str 368-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CD-Test Pit-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CE-Test Pit-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CF, CH, Test Pits-Sections, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CG-Test Pit-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CI, CK-Test Pits-Sections, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CJ-Test Pit-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CL-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CM-Str 368-Detailed Excavation Plan, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CM-Str 368-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CN-Test Pit-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CO-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53CP, CQ,-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53C-Str 371-Section, Georlin Thorne
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53D, E-Test Pits-Sections, Georlin Thorne
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53F-Str 373-Section, Meghan Kerley
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Str 372-Detailed Architectural Plan, David Aguilar
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Str 372-Excavation Unit Plan, Laura Richardson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Str 372-Sketch Excavation Plan, Laura Richardson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Str 372-Sketch Excavation Plan, Laura Richardson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Strs 371, 372, 376, 378, 405, 407-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 53-Test Pits-sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54AB, AC-Str 366-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54AB, AC-Str 366-Excavation Unit Plan, Claire Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54AC-Str 366-Section, Claire Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54AD-Str 369-Section, Claire Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CA-Str 365-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CB, CC, CD-Str 379-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CB-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CC-Str 379-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CD-Str 379-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CE-Str 379-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CF, CG, CH, CI, CJ, CK, CL, CM-Str 411-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CF, CJ-Str 411-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CG, CH, CI-Str 411-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CM-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CO, CP, CQ-Test Pits-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CO, CP-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CP-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CP-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CQ-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CR-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CR-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54CS-Test Pit-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 54-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5A-Str 261-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5A-Str 261-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5B, C, F, H, J, L-Str 24-Excavation Unit Plan, Imogen Gunn
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5B, C-Str 24-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5B, C-Str 24-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5D, I K, M, N-Sketch Excavation Plan, Jennifer Wendt
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5D, I, K, M, N-Str 61-Sketch Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5D, I, K-Str 61-Sketch Excavation Plan, Jennifer Wendt
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5G/011-Detailed Burial Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5H/009-Str 24-Detailed Excavation Plan, Imogen Gunn
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5-Str 24-Section, Imogen Gunn
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5-Str 261-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5-Str 261-Sketch Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 5-Str 61-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6A, G, H-Str 23-Excavation Sketch Plan, Christopher Monson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6A, G, H-Str 23-Excavation Sketch Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6A, G, H-Str 23-Excavation Unit Plan, Christopher Monson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6A-Str 23-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6B, E D, F, I, J-Str 21-Excavation Sketch Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6B, E, D, F, I, J-Str 21-Excavation Sketch Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6B, E, D, F, I, J-Str 21-Excavation Units Plan, Elizabeth Dysert
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6C, K-Str 20-Excavation Sketch Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6C, K-Str 20-Excavation Sketch Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6C K-Str 20-Excavation Unit Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6C-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6C-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6C-Str 20-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6E, F-Str 21-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6K-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6K-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black