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 6K-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6K-Str 20-Detailed Feature Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 20-Detailed Burial Plan, Frances Black
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 20-Elevation, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 21-Burial Plan, Elizabeth Dysert
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 21-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 21-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 23-Feature Plan, Christopher Monson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 23-Feature Plan, Christopher Monson
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Str 23-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 6-Strs 20, 21, 23-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 87G-Str 85/86-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8A, E-Str 52-Excavation Sketch Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8A, E-Str 52-Excavation Sketch Plan, Garrett Silliman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8A, E-Str 52-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8B, C, F, G, I, L-Str 49-Excavation Sketch Plan, Anna Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8B, C, F, G, I, L-Str 49-Sketch Plan, Anna Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8B, F-Str 49-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8C, G, I-Str 49-Excavation Unit Plan, Anna Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8C-Str 49-Burial Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8D, H, J, K-Str 48-Excavation Unit Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8D, H-Str 48-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8G, I-Str 49-Section, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8G-Str 49-Burial Plan, Anna Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8G-Str 49-Feature Plan, Anna Novotny
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8K-Str 48-Excavation Sketch Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8K-Str 48-Feature Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8K-Str 48-Feature Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8-Str 48, 49, 52-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Op 8-Str 48-Detailed Feature Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Southern Test Pits-Copper Workshop-Inked Mao, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Substructure 1-2D E G H I-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Substructure 1-2D E G H I-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Substructure 1-2D H I-Section, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-El Coyote-Test Pits-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-ERl Coyote-Op 53AL-Str 376-Section, Laura Richardson
PVC-DRW-Op 028-STRS 151 154 158-EL COYOTE CAUSEWAY N GROUP-plan, Edward Mark Schortman
PVC-DRW-Op 100, 102, 103, 108, 109-115, 118,120, 122, 131-Site Maps, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-Op 120B-Str 2-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 120C-Str 3-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 120D-Str 4-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-Op 120E-Str 5-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-Op 120F-Str 1-Section, Leigh Anne Ellison
PVC-DRW-Op 120G-Str 3-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 120K-Str 6-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 120L-Str 7-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 120L-Str 7-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 120L-Str 7-Section-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVC-DRW-Op 120M-Str 8-Section, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 124AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, AF, AG-Test Pits-Sections, David Rogoff
PVC-DRW-Op 124AH, AI, AJ, AK-Test Pits-Excavation Plan, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-Op 124AH, AI, AJ, AK-Test Pits-Sections, David Rogoff
PVC-DRW-Op 124-Test Pits-Excavation Plan, Rebecca Laughner
PVC-DRW-Op126B, C, D, E-Test Pits-Sections, Charles Webber
PVC-DRW-Op 135A-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135B-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135C-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135D-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135E-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135F-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135G-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135H-Test Pit-Drawing, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 135I- Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 136-3A-Str 8-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 136F-Str 1-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 136F-Str 1-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 136F-Str 1-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-OP 136-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-Op 136-Str 1-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-OP 136-Str 1-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-OP 136-Str 1-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-OP 136-Str 1-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-1A-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-2B-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-2C-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-2D-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-6A-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-7A-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AH-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AI-Test Pit-Excavation Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AI-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AK-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AL-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AM-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AN-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AP-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AQ-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-AR-Test Pit-Excavation Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AR-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137AU-Test Pit-Section, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-Excavation Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 137-Excavation Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVC-DRW-Op 139 141 142-Site Maps, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-Op 147-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVC-DRW-Op 160A, B, C-Str 1-Excavation Plan, Thomas Schlesinger-Guidelli
PVC-DRW-OP 160-Str 1-Section, Thomas Schlesinger-Guidelli
PVC-DRW-Op 161B-Str 2-Section, Charles Webber