Lin Foxhall is Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester.

Packed with judicious, commonsensical observations, and founded as much on sweaty survey work in the field as on library lucubration, here is a comprehensive, engaging and exceptionally clear account of olive production

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Wealthy Households: Theory, Sources, Methodology ; 3. The Agricultural Holdings of Large-Scale Households ; 4. The Domestic Consumption of Olive Oil ; 5. Cultivating the Olive ; 6. Processing Olives ; 7. Arboriculture and Ornamental Gardens in Ancient Greece ; 8. Conclusions