Settlements
Why Settlements Gather at Crossings
Why settlements gather at crossings: learn how bridges, fords and junctions concentrate movement, and how maps and…
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Settlements
Explore how towns and villages form, connect and change over time.
Our point of view
A map is a beginning, not an explanation.
Regional character emerges from land, settlement and connection. We look for the distinctions that hold up, and question the tidy stories that do not.