Evolución de los patrones de asentamiento de los yacimientos paleolíticos de la Depresión de Monforte de Lemos (Lugo, Galicia) // Evolution of the Palaeolithic Settlement Patterns from Monforte de Lemos (Lugo, Galicia)

This paper is a new approach to the study of the Palaeolithic sites located in the Monforte de Lemos basin. Their distributional study allow us to characterize the settlement patterns from the Lower Paleolithic (Mode 2) to the Upper Paleolithic (Mode 4). Geographic Information Systems have been applied in order to define the different patterns and to perform Terrain Analysis such as the calculationof aspect, slope, average height, least-cost paths, visibility and proximity to river courses and routes. This spatial and diachronic approach lead to the identification of the evolution and variability of the settlement patterns of the Paleolithic sites ascribed to the Mode 2, Mode 3 and Mode 4.