Download or read book Olive Cultivation in Ancient Greece written by Lin Foxhall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-20 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of olive cultivation as a way of understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its different settings. The author assembles evidence from written sources, archaeology, and visual images. Her investigation opens up new ways of thinking about the economies of the archaic and classical Greek world.