Resumen de A methodological approach to settlement location factors: The case of monastic communities in the medieval Penedès (Catalonia)

Marçal Díaz Ros

• Settlement location factors could be analysed from an historical perspective using Geographical Information Systems. However, their application is subject to some drawbacks, such as the lack of detailed information about past landscapes and the need for global, interdisciplinary knowledge of the territory under study. Building on the case of monastic communities in the medieval Penedès, this paper illustrates the methodology used both in the data treatment and in the settlement spatial analysis.