Díaz Rodríguez, MikelFábregas Valcarce, RamónPérez Alberti, Augusto2023-05-312023-05-312023Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 49 (2023) 104012http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30631Although a theoretical model for the settlement patterns of Galician Palaeolithic has been proposed in the last decades, it has not been statistically tested. The present paper aims to check whether this previous theoretical model can be verified statistically. For this purpose, a methodology based on the creation of a predictive model has been used in which the main environmental variables were analysed and their suitability for predicting the location of Palaeolithic sites statistically verified. The predictive model shows that the most accurate variables are elevation, slope, cost to potential hydrology, the cost to wetland areas, and visual prominence. The results demonstrated that the theoretical model was fulfilled in some of the variables previously proposed. Thus, we have shown the usefulness of this approach to test hypotheses and the results obtained open new possibilities of analysis in the study of the Palaeolithic sites in NW Iberiaeng© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Predictive modelPalaeolithicSettlement PatternsSpatial analysisIberian PeninsulaEuropejournal article10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.1040122352-409Xopen access