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-219-C D-Str 5-Section, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-C-Str 5-Section, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-E F-Str 8-Section, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-G M N O R U V W-Test Pits-Sections, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-H-Str 5-Section, Karla Davis-Salazar
PVN-DRW-219-I K-Str 6-Section, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-K-005-Str 6-Feature Plan, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-P-Str 8-Section, Marcela Esqueda
PVN-DRW-219-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-219-S-Test Pit-Section, Karla Davis-Salazar
PVN-DRW-219-Str 2, 5, 6, 8-Excavation Plan, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-228-Site Map, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-232, 233, 234-Site Maps, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-235-Site Map, Chistopher Eaton
PVN-DRW-240-Site Map, Lisa Collins
PVn-DRW-242-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-243-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-245-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-246-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-249-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-250-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-251-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-252-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-253-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-254-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-255-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-256-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-257-Site Map, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-258-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-259-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-260-Site Map, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-261-B-Str 14-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-C-Str 17-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-D-Str 7-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-E-Str 9-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-F H I J K L M N O-Str 3-Excavation Plan, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-F H I J K L M N O-Str 3-Excavation Plan, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-F H I J K L M N O-Str 3-Excavation Plan, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-F H I J K L M N O-Str 3-Excavation Plan, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-F N-Str 3-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-G-Str 2-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-261-Site Map, David Schafer
PVN-DRW-262-AB-Test Pit-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-262-B G-Str 1-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-B G-Str 1-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-C J-Str 2-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-262-C-Str 2-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-C-Str 2-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-C-Str 2-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-D-Str 3-Feature Plan, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-262-D-Str 3-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-262-D-Str 3-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-262-E-Str 4-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-262-F-Str 5-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-I-Str 8-Excavation Plan, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-I-Str 8-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-K-Str 9-Section, Neil Ross
PVN-DRW-262-Site Map, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-262-Str 1, 3, 4-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-264-Site Map, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-265-Site Map, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-267-C E-Test Pits-Plan, Susan Buchmueller
PVN-DRW-267-C-Test Pit-Section, Susan Buchmueller
PVN-DRW-267-C-Test Pit-Section, Susan Buchmueller
PVN-DRW-267-D-Test Pit-Section, Susan Buchmueller
PVN-DRW-267-E-Test Pit-Section, Susan Buchmueller
PVN-DRW-267-E-Test Pit-Section, Susan Buchmueller
PVN-DRW-276-Site Map, Vanessa Robinson
PVN-DRW-279-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-284-Site Map, Sharon DiSipio
PVN-DRW-286-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-287-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-288-Site Map, Stephen Yates
PVN-DRW-289-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-291-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-298-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-300-Site Map, Patricia Whooley
PVN-DRW-301-Site Map, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-302-Site Map, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-304-Site Map, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-AA-Str 130-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-AB-Test Pit-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AB-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AC-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AG-Str 72-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-AH-Str 10-Section, John Douglass
PVN-DRW-306-AI-Str 78-Section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-306-AJ-Str 128-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AJ-Str 128-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AJ-Str 128-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-AJ-Str 128-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AK-Str 125-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-AK-Str 125-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-AL-Test Pit-Feature Plan-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AL-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AN-Str 110-Feature Plan, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-AN-Str 110-Feature Plan, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-AO-Str 106-Feature Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AR-Test Pits-Excavation Unit Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AR-Test Pits-Feature Plan, Victoria Clark