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
Ceramic Form Codes, Patricia Urban
EPV 02-34 36 and 39 Misc. Lots Ceramic Readouts (old forms) 2006 test pits, Cassandra Bill
EPV 09 Las Orquideas Ceramic Readouts 2006, Cassandra Bill
EPV 10 Ceramic Forms 2010 File 02 (1), Cassandra Bill
EPV 10 Los Naranjitos Ceramic Readouts 2006, Cassandra Bill
EPV Cassandra Bill Ceramic Readouts 2007, Cassandra Bill
EPV Cassandra Bill Ceramic Readouts 2007 (1), Cassandra Bill
EPV Ceramic Forms 2010 File 02, Casandra Bill
EPV Ceramic Formulae, Cassandra Bill
EPV Ceramic Readout Summary Worksheets (1), Cassandra Bill
EPV Ceramic Summary Tables, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 01 Ceramic Readouts 2006, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-05 Ceramic Readouts 2006 El Cafetal, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-14, 16, 17 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 2 and test pits, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-28 Ceramic Readouts 2006 test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-29 Ceramic Readouts 2006 plaza test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-33 Ceramic Readouts 2006 plaza test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-34 Ceramic Readouts 2006 plaza test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-35 Ceramic Readouts 2006 test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-36 Ceramic Readouts 2006 N plaza test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-37 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structures 1 and 2, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-38 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 2, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-39 Ceramic Readouts 2006 S plaza test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-41 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 1, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-42 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 10, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-44 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 9, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-45 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 9, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-47 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 8, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-49 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 10, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-52 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 14, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-54 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 13, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-57 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 9 or 14, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-58 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 8, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-59 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 12, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-60 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 12, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-61 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 4, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-62 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 5, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-65 Ceramic Readouts 2006 test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 02-69 Ceramic Readouts 2006 test pit, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 03-09 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 1, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 03-11 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 6, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 05-09 Ceramic Readouts 2006 Structure 1, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 06-11 Ceramic Readouts 2006, Cassandra Bill
EPV Op. 06-12-54 Ceramic Readouts 2006, Cassandra Bill
EPV Operation 11 Ceramic Readouts and Notes 2007 (1), Cassandra Bill
EPV PAREP ALL C14 dates, Marcello Canuto
EPV PAREP Obsidian_2007 lithic analysis sheets, unknown unknown
Heather Osborn, Heather Osborn
Heather Osborn Osteological Analyses 1995-1996, Heather Osborn
PSB C-14 Analyses, multiple multiple
PSB C 14 Dating Sheets, Wendy Ashmore
PSB-Carbon 14 Sheets-Whole Assemblage, Wendy Ashmore
PSB, Ceramic Analyses, 31B-E, Patricia Urban
PSB Ceramic Analyses, Op 26B-C, Patricia Urban
PSB, Ceramic Analyses, Op 27B-I, Patricia Urban
PSB, Ceramic Analyses, Op 323A, Patricia Urban
PSB Ceramic Analyses, Op 32A, 33B-H, Patricia Urban
PSB, Ceramic Analyses, Op 32A, 33B-H, Patricia Urban
PSB, Ceramic Analyses, Op 51A, 52B-F, Patricia Urban
PSB Ceramic Analysis, Op 26D-G, Patricia Urban
PSB-Ceramics-Op 11-Analysis Sheets, Patricia Urban
PSB-Ceramics-Op 13-Analysis Sheets, Patricia Urban
PSB-Ceramics-Op 2, 3-Ceramic Analysis, Patricia Urban
PSB-Ceramics-Op 5, 6-Ceramic Analysis, Patricia Urban
PSB-Ceramics-Op 7-Analysis Sheets, Patricia Urban
PSB-Ceramics-Op 8-Analysis Sheets, Patricia Urban
PSB-List of Lots by Context, Edward Mark Schortman
PSB-Lithic Analysis Sheets-Whole Assemblage 01, Thomas Young
PSB Lithics Analysis Sheets, Thomas Young
PSB-Op 002-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 003-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 003-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 004-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 005-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 006-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 007-Ceramic Analyses 01, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 009-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 010-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 012-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 013-Ceramic Analysis Sheets, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 020-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 021-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban and Sylvia Smith
PSB-Op 022-Ceramic Analysis Sheets, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 023-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 025-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 026-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 067, 68, 69-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 098-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 100-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 102-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 103-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 104-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 105-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 106-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 113-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban
PSB-Op 114-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 115-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 115-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 116-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman
PSB-Op 117-Ceramic Analyses, Patricia Urban, Sylvia Smith, and Edward Schortman