Christopher Carter - "Ecology of the Ancient Greek World"

The book "Ecology of the Ancient Greek World" was one of my favorite reads so far in this class. It combined Ecology with one of my favorite topics in all of history. As the author notes, "The demography of the ancient Greek world is a poorly developed subject, which has been treated by even the best of scholars in a way that lacks methodological sophistication." Historical Ecology is something I really like to read about and study, and this book was a really refreshing break from some of the more philosophical topics discussed in class. The book talked a lot about their farming techniques, and a lot of it was similar to the Arcadia pastoral section of "The Ecology of Eden." I would really recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Greek culture. My favorite part about the book was how the author specifically went into the farming and gardening methods used by Ancient Greeks. Even though it was the same material as Eisenberg, it still was refreshing because it was more in-depth, and where Eisenberg would mention that they seeded their fields, this book would mention what seeds they used. It was a great addition to the Ecology of Eden and the Tender Carnivore in the sense that they built upon those ideas.