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-306-AR-Test Pits-Feature Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AR-Test Pits-Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AR-Test Pits-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AR-Test Pits-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AR-Test Pits-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AU-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-AV-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-AW BJ BO-Str 20-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-AW-Str 20-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-AW-Str 20-Sketch Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-AX-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-AY-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-AZ BB-Test Pits-Sections, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-BA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-BE-Test Pits-Excavation Working Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-BE-Test Pits-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-BE-Test Pits-Section, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-BF-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-BI-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-BJ-Str 20-Sketch Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-BN-Str 7-Section, John Douglass
PVN-DRW-306-BP BT-BY-Str 79-Excavation Plan-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-BP-Str 79-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-BR-Str 8-Section, John Douglass
PVN-DRW-306-B-Str 11-Section, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-BT-Str 79-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-BV-Test Pit-Section-Inked, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-BW-Str 124-Section, Helen Henderson
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CA-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CB-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CB-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CB-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CB-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-Cb-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-CB-Test Pit-Section, Alfonso Orellana
PVN-DRW-306-C-Str 123-Section, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-C-Str 123-Section, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-D-Str 127-Section, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-F Q-Str 17-Architectural Plan-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVn-DRW-306-F-Str 17-Monument 1-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-F-Str 17-Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-I J-Str 21-Section, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-K R-Test Pits-Sections-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-K-Str 182-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-L-Str 1-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-M P-Str 19-Architectural Plan-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-M P-Str 19-Detailed Architectural Plan, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-M-Str 19-Elevation, Sonya Kane
PVN-DRW-306-M-Str 19-Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-M-Str 19-Section, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-M-Str 19-Section, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-M-Str 19-Section-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-M-Str 19-Section-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-N-Str 86-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-O-Str 54-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-Site Map, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-Site Map-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-S-Str 4-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-T-Str 15-Section, Lavinia True
PVN-DRW-306-V-Str 105-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-V-Str 105-Section-Inked, Patricia Urban
PVN-DRW-306-V-Str 105-Sketch Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-W AO-Str 106-Detailed Architectural Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-W AO-Str 106-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-W-Str 106-Feature Plan, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-W-Str 106-Section, Victoria Clark
PVN-DRW-306-X AF AQ BD-Str 121-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-X AF-Str 121-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-X BD-Str 121-Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-X-Str 121-Feature Plan, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-X-Str 121-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-Y AN-110-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-Y AN-Str 110-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-Y AN-Str 110-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-Y-Str 110-Section, Samuel Connell
PVN-DRW-306-Z BC-Str 152-Detailed Architectural Plan, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-Z BC-Str 152-Excavation Plan, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-Z BC-Str 152-Feature Plan, Theodore Neff
PVN-DRW-306-Z-Str 152-Section, Edward Schortman
PVN-DRW-306-Z-Str 152-Section, Edward Schortman