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Four Valleys Archive

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

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Scholarship

Analysis Sheets Analysis Sheets

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-066, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-067, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-080, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-083, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-087, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-090, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-B-098, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-021, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-028, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-032, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-038, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-038, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-055, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-056, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-057, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-062, Marne Ausec and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-C-064, Patricia Urban and Michael Kneppler

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-007, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-021, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-024, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-026, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-028, Patricia Urban and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-029, Patricia Urban and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-031, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-032, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-D-049, Marne Ausec and Kai Delvendahl

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-003, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-004, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-006, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-008, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-010, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-011, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-411-E-013, Marne Ausec and Mary Morrison

PVN-CER-AN-418-A-001, Edward Schortman

PVN-CER-AN-418-B-009, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-B-034, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-B-047, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-B-059, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-019, Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-020, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-021, Neil Ross and Ellen Bell

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-022, Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-023, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-041, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-C-056, Neil Ross and Ellen Bell

PVN-CER-AN-418-D-002, Edward Schortman and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-D-006, Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-D-012, Ellen Bell and Neil Ross

PVN-CER-AN-418-D-015, Edward Schortman and Lavinia true

PVN-CER-AN-418-D-016, Edward Schortman and Neil Ross

PVN-Classic Period Ceramics-Color Sheets, Patricia Urban

PVN-LITH-AN-410, Edward Schortman

PVN-LITH-AN-411, Edward Schortman

PVN-LITH-AN-418, Edward Schortman

PVN Lithic Analysis Codes II, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Coding Sheet, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 1, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 10, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 2, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 3, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 4, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 5, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 6, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 7, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 8, Neil Ross

PVN Lithic Analysis Sheet 9, Neil Ross

PVN-Lot 31F-095-Structure 120, Patricia Urban

PVN Multiple Operations Osteological Analyses, Heather Osborn, Julie Solometo, Allyson Dietz, et al.

PVN Multiple Operations Osteological Analyses, Leslie Sering

PVN-Multiple Op-Lithic Analysis Sheets-1988, David Schafer

PVN Op 021 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 027 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 031 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 043 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 100 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman 4272484

PVN-OP 100 to 108-Ceramic Analyses-1979, Patricia Urban

PVN-OP 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 23, 24, 30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 46, 79, 92, 96, 99, 106, 112, 113, 120, 168, 171, 267-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross

PVN Op 101 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman and Ellen Bell

PVN-Op 101-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross

PVN-Op 104 414 487-Lithic Analyses-Summary chart, Neil Ross

PVN-OP 104-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 104 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 106 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Patricia Urban and Sylvia Smith

PVN Op 108 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Edward Mark Schortman

PVN-Op 110-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban

PVN-OP 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 49, 79, 81, 84, 92, 98, 99, 106, 112, 120, 123, 169, 303, 306-Lithic Analyses 1991, Vanessa Robinson

PVN-Op 111-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban

PVN Op 112 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Ellen Bell

PVN-Op 113-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban

PVN-Op 114 115-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban

PVN Op 116 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Mark Schortman

PVN-Op 117-ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban

PVN Op 120 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, et al.

PVN-Op 121 122-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban

PVN-OP 12, 13, 14, 15, 25, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 43, 46, 53, 104, 144, 168, 175, 323, 395, 411, 414, 441, 444, 466, 470, 471, 475, 485 -Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec

PVN-Op 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 79, 81, 84, 92, 96, 112, 120, 276, 287, 306-Lithic Analyses-1991, Vanessa Robinson

PVN-Op 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40, 51, 79, 81, 84, 92, 96, 120, 123, 223, 226, 306, 319, 600-Lithic Analysis, Vanessa Robinson

PVN-Op 12, 15, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 79, 81, 84, 92, 96, 106, 112, 120, 123, 276, 306, 415, 600-Lithic Analyses-1991, Vanessa Robinson

PVN-OP 12, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 29, 30, 36, 43, 46, 53, 55, 104, 128, 168, 175, 288, 324, 411, 414, 444, 485, 487-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec

PVN-Op 12, 19, 31, 36, 39, 84, 112, 120, 306-Lithic Analysis Sheets-1991, Neil Ross