The agricultural consequences of colonial contacts on the Iberian Peninsula in the first millennium <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">b</Emphasis>.<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">c</Emphasis>

The Iron Age archaeobotanical record on the Iberian Peninsula shows how the Phoenician and Greek colonisers caused the indigenous Iberians to change the management of the agricultural resources and the crops which they grew. These colonisers also brought about the development of viticulture and olive cultivation. The importance of agricultural products in the trade network which was stimulated by the colonisers may have encouraged new farming systems, as well as surplus capacity in the native agriculture in the region.