| Sumario: | The southern U.S. has been recognized from colonial times onward, but there has never been any serious attempt to determine by scientific means the precise limits of this vast sub-nation. In this analysis the settlement landscape is offered as a feasible device for delimiting the south. The author states that in the course of field observations of house types, urban morphology, farmsteads, and other settlement characteristics, he has discovered a constellation of traits that are apparently co-terminous with the southern region and function collectively as a regional label. In its dwellings the south are characterized by the presence of a group of architectural styles and regional house types rare or non-existent in other parts of the country. The author further states that house geography of the south is vastly complicated by intra-regional variation, class differentials, and temporal changes in style so that no single, concise formula for the recognition of the southern dwelling can be presented.
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