Southern

A useful starting point for Southern is the documented fact “Plain-country farming and old town remains forms an essential setting.” The natural conditions and social experience of Southern therefore belong to one connected geographic story. Communities responded to surrounding conditions through residence, exchange, and daily practice, giving the spatial pattern a traceable history. The chain from environmental conditions to social practice gives the regional change of Southern a clear real-world expression. Taken together, these clues clarify the position, change, and distinctive contribution of Southern within the larger region.