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 |
Analysis Sheets
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 335-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN Op 337 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-Op 337-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
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-Bajareque Study, 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 386-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
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 391-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN Op 394, 400, 401 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN-OP 395-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 395 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec
PVN-Op 395-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN Op 39 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Sylvia Smith, Edward Schortman, et al.
PVN-OP 410-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 410 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec
PVN-OP 411-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 411 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban
PVN Op 412 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN-OP 414-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 414 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN-Op 414-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
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 423-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN Op 425 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN Op 426 Ceramic Analyses, Ellen Bell, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, et al.
PVN-Op 426-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN Op 428 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Ellen Bell, and Edward Mark Schortman
PVN-Op 428-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN-OP 42-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 42 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban
PVN-OP 43-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 43 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman
PVN-OP 441-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 441 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman
PVN-OP 444-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
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-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 46 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman
PVN Op 46 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead
PVN-OP 470-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 470 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Marne Ausec, and Edward Schortman
PVN-OP 471-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 471 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Edward M. Schortman
PVN Op 475 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN-OP 485-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 485 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban
PVN Op 486 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec
PVN-OP 487-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 487 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Marne Ausec
PVN-Op 487-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN-OP 53-Bajareque Study, 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-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 55 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, Edward Schortman, et al.
PVN Op 55 Osteological Analyses, Susan Moorehead
PVN-OP 56-Bajareque Study, Marne Ausec
PVN Op 56 Ceramic Analyses Sheets, Marne Ausec, Patricia Urban, and Edward Schortman
PVN Op 598AA, 598AB, 598AE, 598AJ Ceramic Analyses Sheets 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 598 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVN Op 599 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban
PVN Op 599D, 599E, 599G Ceramic Analyses Sheets 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 600 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Mark Schortman
PVN Op 601 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec and Patricia Urban
PVN-Op 601-Lithic Analyses, Neil Ross
PVN Op 602 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN Op 607 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN Op 607P Ceramic Analyses 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 608 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 614 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN-Op 615-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 617 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVN Op 622 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN Op 623 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN Op 625 Ceramic Analyses, Edward Schortman
PVN Op 647 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVN Op 648B, 648C, 648E Ceramic Analyses 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 648 Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Edward Schortman
PVN Op 661C, 661E, 661F, 661H Ceramic Analyses Sheets 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 663-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 664B, 664E Ceramic Analyses 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 665A, 665C, 665D Ceramic Analyses Sheets 2022, Patricia Urban
PVN-Op 78-3-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PVN Op 79 Ceramic Analyses, Marne Ausec, Edward Mark Schortman, and Sylvia Smith