This paper aims on differences between Early Neolithic sites in Central Germany and Lesser Poland concerning their position in landscape. Archaeological cultures like Linear Pottery, Stroke Ornamented Pottery and early Lengyel-Polgár groups have been included. North West Saxony and East Thuringia have a huge amount of Early Neolithic sites and a long history of research. The research area in Lesser Poland, placed around the middle course of the Dunajec river, consists out of only a few Early Neolthic sites. A system to compare the divergent archaeological record in both countries has been developed to objectivly compare the sites. Measurable factors like height, slope, distance to rivers have been analyzed as well as qualitative factors such as topographical position or aspect. Besides basic statistic approaches, multivariate methods like Principle Component Analysis or Correspondence Analysis have been complemented by a cluster analysis which could take into account both kinds of data – numeric and qualitative. Two groups can be described by terms of geostatistical positioning. Cultural differences in electing places to live or settle could not have been observed but tendencies of a changing focus on certain factors – e. g. changes the occupation of hilltops in mountanious areas to seeking for short distances to rivers in flat areas.
