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 |
Readout
PVN-RDO-444-S-004, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-T-001, Faye Bender
PVN-RDO-444-T-003, Faye Bender
PVN-RDO-444-T-004, Faye Bender
PVN-RDO-444-W-003, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-X-001, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-01, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-02, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-03, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-04, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-05, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-06, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-444-Y-001-07, Brett Guizzetti
PVN-RDO-470-B-001, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-B-011, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-B-012, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-B-015, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-B-016, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-B-018, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-002, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-024, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-025, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-027, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-030, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-032, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-039, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-040, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-470-C-041, Cecile Gevock-Delahaye
PVN-RDO-471-B-008, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-B-009, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-B-011, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-B-015, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-B-018, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-B-022, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-B-026, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-003-01, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-003-02, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-004, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-006, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-007, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-018, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-C-021, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-D-004, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-D-005, Michael Kneppler
PVN-RDO-471-D-008, Michael Kneppler
Survey Reports
PSB-Survey Report, Edward Schortman
Theses
Closer to the Source: Prehistoric Ceramic Production in the Naco Valley Honduras, Samuel Connell
Discerning Ritual Cave Use in Northwest Honduras: Preliminary Investigations and Interpretations of the Santo Domingo Cave, Bryan Robbins
Discerning Ritual Cave Use in Northwest Honduras: Preliminary Investigations and Interpretations of the Santo Domingo Cave, Bryan Robbins
Discerning Ritual Cave Use in Northwest Honduras: Preliminary Investigations and Interpretations of the Santo Domingo Cave, Bryan Robbins
Honduras Thesis Upload Test, Upload Test
Investigations of Late Classic Guayavial, Northwestern Honduras: An Anthropology Honors Thesis, John Douglass
Power Strategies in a Changing World: Archaeological Investigations of Early Postclassic Remains at El Coyote, Santa Barbara, Honduras, William McFarlane
Rural Agrarian Household Diversity in the Late Classic (600-950 A.D.) Naco Valley, Northwest Honduras, John Douglass
Social Power, Resistance, and Prestige-Goods Theory: The Political Economy of la Sierra's North Cluster During the Late Classic, Andrew Kindon
Understanding the Candelero: A Synthesis of Research on the Candeleros of the Naco and Lower Cacaulapa Valleys, Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger
Understanding the Candelero: A Synthesis of Research on the Candeleros of the Naco and Lower Cacaulapa Valleys, Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger