Agriculture, animal husbandry and land use change All available data on agriculture and animal husbandry on Lesvos before the 19th century indicate that Lesvos’ landscape was characterized by greater diversity in land use terms than that of the 19th and 20th centuries and the current one.Before the Genovese Gatellouzi rule ), ‘commercial’ cultivations, such as vines and olives were limited. The Gatellouzi appear to be the first to introduce significant olive and vine groves for their commercial value, although their actual size is probably small compared to later expansion. Animal husbandry was based
on sheep and goat husbandry as today, but with smaller total numbers and wider distribution.