Daphne Lentjes studied Mediterranean archaeology at VU University Amsterdam and the Università del Salento in Lecce, Italy. She has over 15 years of experience working as a botanical specialist on excavations in Italy and Greece and has published widely on the use of archaeological plant remains to reconstruct landscapes and farming practices. as a botanical specialist on excavations in Italy and Greece and has published widely on the use of archaeological plant remains to reconstruct landscapes and farming practices.

• PREFACE, CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 Archaeological research of landscape and land use in southeast Italy 1.2 Aims and research questions 1.3 Research method 1.4 Structure of the book CHAPTER 2 Case study 1: l'Amastuola 2.1 Introduction: the site and its surroundings 2.2 History of research 2.3 The archaeological research 2.4 The archaeobotanical research 2.5 The archaeobotanical research: interpretations 2.6 Summary and conclusion CHAPTER 3 Case study 2: Muro Tenente 3.1 Introduction: the site and its surroundings 3.2 History of research 3.3 The archaeological research 3.4 The archaeobotanical research 3.5 The archaeobotanical research: interpretations 3.6 Summary and conclusion CHAPTER 4 From local to sub-regional: Landscape and land use around l'Amastuola and Muro Tenente compared 4.1 Introduction 4.2 L'Amastuola 4.3 Muro Tenente 4.4 Conclusion CHAPTER 5 From sub-regional to regional: bioarchaeological data from southeast Italy 5.1 Introduction 5.2 A short introduction to archaeobotanical research in southeast Italy, and the archaeological sites 5.3 Research aspects CHAPTER 6 From regional to global: long-term developments in landscape and land use in southeast Italy 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Final Bronze Age (ca. 1200-1000 BC) 6.3 The Early Iron Age (ca. 1000-600 BC) 6.4 The Archaic/Classical periods (ca. 600-325 BC) 6.5 The Early Hellenistic Period (ca. 325-200 BC) 6.6 Epilogue: southeast Italy in the Late Hellenistic/ Early Roman period (200-30 BC). Nothing but sheep and olive trees? CHAPTER 7 Conclusions 7.1 Introduction, restatement of research aims and -method 7.2 Long-term developments in landscape and land use 7.3 Long-term developments in the scale and organization of agricultural production: expansion, rationalization, specialization 7.4 The effect of colonization LIST OF FIGURES, REFERENCES, APPENDICES