Simply because in my campaigns (and in others), the concept of wilderness is a central theme, and the differences between a stead's tula and a clan's can be of central importance. The idea of the Tresdarnii clan tula encompassing all the eastern wall of Ginijji just doesn't gel. There are times when the scattering and dispersion of steads can make the 'big square box' central planning approach to tulas strain credibility, something more suited to a modern city than a pioneer frontier. In my campaign, I've plotted the history of steads and clans against a representative land use map, and one thing you *don't* get is neatly defined boxes. In such cases, the notion of 'alynx territoriality' raised earlier is very appealing, and the ability to distinguish between a stead's tula and a clan's can simplify rather than complicate.
John
> John
>
> > TULA: the area enclosed within a stead's boundary stones, and set each
year
> > in the boundary walking ritual. Includes the harstings and some wilds.
>
> > CLANDS: a term first used by Mikael Raaterova, to denote the totality
of a
> > clan's land enclosed by boundary stones: the clan tula if you will.
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