Site suitability modeling in archaeology has numerous applications in both research and cultural resource management contexts. However, oftentimes these models are built on limited or abstracted variables which do not adequately account for the human decision-making process. This approach uses seven culturally-specific variables from the southern Northwest Coast in order to develop a model of site suitability for Indigenous settlement in southern Oregon. The results of this model are validated through comparison with the location of 201 archaeological sites. The choice of variables also provides sufficient detail for patterns to emerge in the relationship between site type and relative resource availability. This study therefore demonstrates both the accuracy of models produced via this approach and its utility as a research tool for investigating archaeological settlement patterns.