Bases para el análisis geohistórico del poblamiento rural tradicional en Galicia

This paper aims to carry out a critical review of the main discussed issues related to the Geography of the traditional rural settlement in Galicia, and to contribute with some ways of working from the neccesary combination of History and Geography. For doing this, a series of conceptual and methodological reflections are raised on the case of the complex galician rural settlement. In specific, the combination of multiple and complementary study scales and levels, together with the distintion between physical and inmaterial elements and bonds seem vital in order to set up this fruitful kind of studies.