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

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

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

PVN Op 123 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, Marne Ausec, et al.

PVN Op 128 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 128 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 12 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN op 13 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead and Jennifer Wendt

PVN Op 144 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec

PVN Op 14E Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 14 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead and Christian Wells

PVN Op 168 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Edward Schortman, Sylvia Smith, et al.

PVN Op 169 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Sylvia Smith

PVN Op 16 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 171 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Sylvia Smith

PVN Op 172 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell

PVN Op 175 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 175 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 183 Ceramic Analyses, Sylvia Smith, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 18F Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 18 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 202AO/043 Osteological Analyses, Frances Black

PVN Op 202 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 219 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, Marcela Esqueda, et al.

PVN Op 23 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Patricia Urban and Sylvia Smith

PVN Op 24 Ceramic Analyses, Sylvia Smith and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 255 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 259 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell

PVN Op 25 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, Marne Ausec, et al.

PVN Op 261 Ceramic Analyses, Sylvia Smith

PVN Op 262 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman and Ellen Bell

PVN Op 264 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 267 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 268 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 27 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, Sylvia Smith, et al.

PVN Op 284 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 285 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 286 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 287 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 288 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 289 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 28 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 29 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 302 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 306 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 30 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 319, 321, 322 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 31 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 323 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec

PVN Op 324 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 327, 329, 331 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 32 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Mark Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 335 Ceramic Analyse, Edward Schortman and Ellen Bell

PVN Op 337 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman

PVN Op 338 Ceramic Analyses, Sylvia Smith and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 33 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 34 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 35 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 36 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 371, 376 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 37 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 386 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman and Ell Bell

PVN Op 38 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Sylvia Smith, Ellen Bell, et al.

PVN Op 391 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman and Ellen Bell

PVN Op 394, 400, 401 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 395 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec

PVN Op 39 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Sylvia Smith, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 410 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec

PVN Op 411 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 412 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 414 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 416 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 418 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell and Edward M. Schortman

PVN Op 419 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman

PVN Op 423 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 425 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman

PVN Op 426 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, et al.

PVN Op 428 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Ellen Bell, and Edward Mark Schortman

PVN Op 42 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 43 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 441 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 444 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 455 Ceramic Analyses, Edward M. Schortman

PVN Op 463 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 466 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 46 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 46 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 470 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman

PVN Op 471 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Edward M. Schortman

PVN Op 475 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman

PVN Op 485 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban

PVN Op 486 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec

PVN Op 487 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec

PVN Op 53 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 53 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead

PVN Op 55 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.

PVN Op 55 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead