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-128-K P X AG-Str 21- Excavation Unit Plan, Virginia Chagnon
PVN-DRW-128-K-Str 21-Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-128-K-Str 21-Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-128-K X-Str 21-Feature Plan, Virginia Chagnon
PVN-DRW-128-L-Str 13-Burial Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-L-Str 13-Feature Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-L-Str 13-Feature Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-L-Str 13-Feature Plans, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-L-Str 13-Sketch Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-L-Str 13-Sketch Plan of Construction Phases, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-M-Str 12-Sketch Plan, Johanna Bell
PVN-DRW-128M-Structure 12-Section, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-DRW-128-Site Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-128-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-128-Str 13-Burial Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW-128-Str 13-Excavation Sketch Plan, Beverley Shade
PVN-DRW=128-Str 17-Feature plan, Allyson Dietz
PVN-DRW-128-Str 17-Feature Plan, All Dietz
PVN-DRW-128-Str 17-Feature Plan, Allyson Dietz
PVN-DRW-128-Str 17-Feature Plan, Allyson Dietz
PVN-DRW-128-Str 17-Feature Plan, Allyson Dietz
PVN-DRW-128-Str 17-Feature Plan, Allyson Dietz
PVN-DRW-128-Str 3, 4, 7, 20, 21-Excavation Plans-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-128-str 4-Sketch Plan, Bryan Robbins
PVN-DRW-128-Strs 17, 18, 19, 21-Excavation Plans-Inked, Patricia Urban 4272484
PVN-DRW-128-Strs 23, 24, 25-Excavation Plans-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-128-Strs 7, 12, 13-Excavation Plans-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-133-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-134-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-135-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-136-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-138-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-139-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-140-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-141-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-144-BB-Test Pits 19 and 27-Sections, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-B L Q R T DD-Str 8 and 18-Detailed Excavation Plan, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L Q R T DD-Str 8 and 18-Excavation Unit Plan, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L R T-Str 8-Detailed Plan, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L R T-Str 8-Detailed Plan 1st Version, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L R T-Str 8-Detailed Plan 2nd Renovation, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L R T-Str 8-Detailed Plan of the Stucco Masks, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L R T-Str 8-Detailed Plan of the Stucco Masks, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B L R T-Str 8-Section through the Southern Stucco Mask, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B-Str 8-Detailed Drawing of a Stucco Mask, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-B-Str 8-section, James Mooney
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-3D rendering, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-Detailed Sketch Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-Detailed Sketch Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-Excavation Units Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-Section, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-Section, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C F-Str 5-Sketch Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-C-Str 5-Section, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-D G H-Str 1-Detailed Sketch Plan, Mary Morrison
PVN-DRW-144-D G H-Str 1-Sketch Plan, Mary Morrison
PVN-DRW-144-D G H-Str 1-Sketch Plan of Excavation Units, Mary Morrison
PVN-DRW-144-D-Str 1-Section, Mary Morrison
PVN-DRW-144-E-Str 11-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-144-E-Str 11-Excavation Units Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-E-Str 11-Feature Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-E-Str 11-Section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-E-Str 11-Sketch Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-F-Str 5-Feature Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-F-Str 5-Section, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-J-Str 19-Excavation Unit Plan, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-J-Str 19-Section, Matthew Turek
PVN-DRW-144-K M N O P-Str2-Detailed Sketch Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-K M N O P-Str 2-Excavation Units Plan, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-M-Str 2-Section, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-144-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-144-Str 1, 2, 5, 8, 18, 19-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-144-U V W X Y Z CC-Test Pits-Sections, Michael Kneppler
PVN-DRW-145-B C D E F-Excavation Plan, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-145-Site Plan, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-146-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-147-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-148-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-150-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-151-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-153-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-155-A B C H-Str 6, 11, 14-Excavation Plans, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-155-B C F G-Str, 6, 11, 19, 23-Sections, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-155-E F G-Str 19, 23-Excavation Plans, Patricia Urban
PVN=DRW-155-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-157-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-158-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-159-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-160-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-161-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-163-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-164-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-166-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-168-AA AC-Test Pit-Sections, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-168-AB-Test Pit-Burial Plan, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-168-AB-Test Pit-Burial Plan, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-168-AB-Test Pit-Burial Plan, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-168-AB-Test Pit-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-168-AD-Test Pit-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-168-AE-Test Pit-Section, Neil Ross