This is where it gets really interesting for me. And beautiful too, I might add.
The field system of the StarCiv was staggering, both in it's complexity and beauty.
Integrated perfectly with the canal system and auxilliary structures, the field system was a showcase of the StarCiv's achievements. Yes, they were exceptional stonemasons, there's little doubt about that, but the world they created had to look gorgeous all over - and that's where their field system flourished.
The field System is a big topic, so we'll start with the basics and go from there.
The StarCiv's culture, I believe, was all about living in harmony with nature.
To achieve this, they constructed the most fantastic buildings and gardens for localised society (more on buildings and gardens in another thread), but they covered the entire world with artistry in the form of their fields.
Above pic: GoogleEarth map reference - 49.855158, 10.095188
The above picture was taken in 1943 and is of the area around Wurzburg in Germany. The complexity of the field system is staggering. You can pretty much see where our civilisation just moved into certain spots and decided to build towns - most probably close to a canal (oops, sorry - river) or on top of auxilliary and satellite structures, which, if dismantled, could have provided an excellent source of perfectly cut and shaped stone for building our own structures!
There are regional variations in the style and artistic layout of the fields. The fields found in Germany, especially in the Black Forest, Franconia and North Eastern France have a certain 'look' to them. We'll concentrate on these for the moment, for three reasons - first, there are a huge number of world war 2 aerial photographs available, showing many of them in their glory (before modern farming techniques were introduced, which has amalgamated many of them into giant fields). Secondly, they are absolutely stunning. And third - events that occured at some point in time, which were beyond the control of the StarCiv, caused some very interesting effects to happen in this area of the world.
More to come about the third, mysterious reason, later.
The above pic is from the Landau area, Germany. Co-ordinates: 49°11'49.98" N 8°07'34.91" E. Taken in 1954. How many fields?

The StarCiv also made extensive use of trees. The area known as The Black Forest in Germany had many black-leaved trees, that were often planted strategically to accentuate certain features of the field system artistry or local landscape.
more on trees later.
The field system was very closely tied to the canal system. Usually, where you find a canal system, you find a field system - and there are some staggering complex and beautiful field systems out there in the world. Once you've seen them a few times, you'll see them everywhere.
That's a basic intro to the field system. More to come.